Prenatal magnetic resonance imaging in Gomez-Lopez-Hernandez syndrome and review of the literature

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 138 A, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 369-373

  Tan, Tiong Yang ^a,b   McGillivray, George ^a,b   Goergen, Stacy K ^d   White, Susan M ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase 2; Cerebellar fusion; Craniosynostosis; Parietal alopecia; Prenatal magnetic resonance imaging; Rhombencephalosynapsis

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ALOPECIA; ATAXIA; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR VERMIS AGENESIS; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; GOMEZ LOPEZ HERNANDEZ SYNDROME; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; RHOMBOENCEPHALOSYNAPSIS; SHORT STATURE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ULTRASOUND;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYNDROME;

ATAXIA;

EID: 27444438899     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30967     Document Type: Review

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