Megalocornea and mental retardation syndrome: Clinical and instrumental follow-up of a case

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 893-896

  Margari, Lucia ^a   Presicci, Anna ^a   Ventura, Patrizia ^a   Buttiglione, Maura ^a   Dicuonzo, Franca ^a   Lattarulo, Caterina ^a   Perniola, Tommaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; TOPIRAMATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHOREOATHETOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; CORNEA DISEASE; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL BOSSING; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; HYPERTELORISM; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRRITABILITY; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MICROCEPHALY; MICROGNATHIA; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUHAUSER SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPISTHOTONUS; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

CHILD; CORNEAL DISEASES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL RETARDATION; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 33846238972     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738060210100801     Document Type: Article

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