Rett syndrome as a minicolumnopathy

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 163-168

  Casanova, M F ^a,b   Buxhoeveden, D ^a   Switala, A ^a   Roy, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Minicolumns; Neuropathology; Neuropil; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

PYROXYLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NISSL STAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 0038493883     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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