Mechanisms of cerebral dysgenesis

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 556-560

  Gressens, Pierre ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

BRAIN MALFORMATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPILEPSY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; IMAGING; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031722380     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199810060-00003     Document Type: Review

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