Unertan syndrome: Review and report of four new cases

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-225

  Tan, Uner ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bipedality; Evolution; Genetics; Primitive language; Quadrupedality; Rudimentary intelligence; Unertan syndrome; Wheel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; UNERTAN SYNDROME; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AGED; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PEDIGREE; SYNDROME;

EID: 38349156498     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450701667808     Document Type: Article

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