Megalencephaly, hydrocephalus and cortical dysplasia in severe dwarfism mimicking leprechaunism

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 431-436

  Hayashi, M ^a   Kurata, K ^b   Suzuki, K ^a   Hirasawa, K ^b   Nagata, J ^b   Morimatsu, Y ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Coll   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical dysplasia; Dwarfism; Leprechaunism; Megalencephaly

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DWARFISM; DYSPLASIA; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DWARFISM; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE;

EID: 0031914844     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050821     Document Type: Article

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