Cutis verticis gyrata-mental deficiency syndrome: Report of a case with unusual neuroradiological findings

Clinical Dysmorphology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-134

  Farah, S ^a   Farag, T I ^b   Sabry, M A ^a   Simeonov, S T ^c   Al Khattam, S ^a   Abulhassan, S J ^a   Quasrawi, B ^b   Al Busairi, W ^a   Al Awadi, S A ^c  

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c Ministry of Social Affairs   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Chromosomal abnormalities; Cutis Verticis Gyrata; Mental deficiency; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SHORT STATURE; SKIN DISEASE; SYNDROME;

ADULT; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MICROCEPHALY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SCALP; SKIN DISEASES; SYNDROME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031946391     PISSN: 09628827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019605-199804000-00010     Document Type: Article

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