Megalencephaly and Polymicrogyria with Polydactyly Syndrome

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-151

  Tohyama, Jun ^a   Akasaka, Noriyuki ^a   Saito, Naka ^a   Yoshimura, Junichi ^b   Nishiyama, Kenichi ^b   Kato, Mitsuhiro ^c  

^a NISHI NIIGATA CHUO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LABORATORY TEST; MICROGYRIA; NEUROIMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYDACTYLY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYNDROME; VISUAL DISORDER;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYDACTYLY; SYNDROME;

EID: 34547540552     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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