The neuroimaging findings in Sotos syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 462-465

  Schaefer, G Bradley ^a,d   Bodensteiner, John B ^b   Buehler, Bruce A ^a   Lin, Angela ^c   Cole, Trevor R P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Birmingham Maternity Hospital ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cavum septum pellucidum; cerebral gigantism; hypoplastic corpus callosum; macrocephaly; overgrowth syndromes; ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; GRAY MATTER; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOTOS SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL RETARDATION; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031037033     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970211)68:4<462::AID-AJMG18>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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