Agenesis of the corpus callosum in Turner's syndrome: Report of a case and review of the literature

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 194-198

  Lee, Ying Ying ^a   Hung, June ^a   Chang, Ting Yu ^a   Huang, Chin Chang ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agenesis of the corpus callosum; Chromosomal study; CNS abnormality; Turner's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KARYOTYPING; MONOSOMY X; SHORT STATURE; TURNER SYNDROME; UNDERWEIGHT; UTERUS MALFORMATION;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 53849138408     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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