Facial Hemangioma and Malformation of the Cortical Development: A Broadening of the PHACE Spectrum or a New Entity?

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 124 A, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 192-195

  Grosso, S ^a   DeCosmo, L ^b   Bonifazi, E ^b   Galluzzi, P ^c   Farnetani, M A ^a   Loffredo, P ^a   Anichini, C ^a   Berardi, R ^a   Morgese, G ^a   Balestri, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain anomalies; Cortical malformation; Facial hemangiomas; Neurocutaneous syndrome; Neuronal migration disorder

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANAMNESIS; AORTA ANOMALY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPLASIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FACE DISORDER; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HEMANGIOMA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INFANT; KARYOTYPE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PACHYGYRIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ULCER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0348048489     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20316     Document Type: Article

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