Benign external hydrocephalus in a boy with autosomal dominant microcephaly

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 160-162

  Akaboshi, Izumi ^a,b   Ikeda, Tetsuo ^a   Yoshioka, Susumu ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Akaboshi Pediatric Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant microcephaly; External hydrocephalus; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Normal development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030060922     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1996.tb03277.x     Document Type: Article

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