Genetic Basis of Developmental Malformations of the Cerebral Cortex

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 637-640

  Mochida, Ganeshwaran H ^a,b   Walsh, Christopher A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLECORTIN; FILAMIN; GENE PRODUCT; REELIN;

AGYRIA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CELL MIGRATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; MICROCEPHALY; MUSCLE EYE BRAIN DISEASE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PERIVENTRICULAR NODULAR HETEROTOPIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZENCEPHALY; STEM CELL; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; WALKER WARBURG SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEURONS; PIA MATER;

EID: 2442576086     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.5.637     Document Type: Review

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