Agenesis of corpus callosum: Clinical description and etiology

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 401-405

  Marszał, Elzbieta ^a   Jamroz, Ewa ^a   Pilch, Jacek ^a   Kluczewska, Ewa ^a   Jabłecka Deja, Halina ^a   Krawczyk, Robert ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AICARDI SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTIAL TRISOMY 13; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SEIZURE;

EID: 0034101182     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307380001500609     Document Type: Article

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