Megalencephaly, mega corpus callosum, and complete lack of motor development: A previously undescribed syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 161-167

  Gohlich Ratmann G ^a   Baethmann, M ^a   Lorenz, P ^b   Gartner J ^c   Goebel, H H ^d   Engelbrecht, V ^c   Christen, H J ^e   Lenard, H G ^c   Voit, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Pediatric Center Dresden   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain magnetic resonance imaging; Corpus callosum; Developmental delay; Megalencephaly

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR RETARDATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER;

BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; SYNDROME;

SYLVIA;

EID: 0031691514     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980923)79:3<161::AID-AJMG2>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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