A five-generation family with occipital encephalocele

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-84

  Zhao, Xiuhe ^a   Chi, Lingyi ^a   Zhao, Yuying ^a   Chi, Zhaofu ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant inheritance; China; Occipital encephalocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOCELE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCIPITAL ENCEPHALOCELE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE;

EID: 33845196973     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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