Heterotopic neurons in congenital myotonic dystrophy with mental retardation

Neuropathology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 243-247

  Watanabe, Chigusa ^a   Katayama, Sadao ^a   Noda, Koichi ^a   Kaneko, Mayumi ^a   Inai, Kouki ^a   Nakamura, Shigenobu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital myotonic dystrophy; Dysmaturation; Heterotopia; Mental retardation; Migration

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DYSPNEA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GRAY MATTER; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TRUNK; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030664579     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.1997.tb00046.x     Document Type: Article

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