An Instructive Case of an 8-Year-Old Boy With Intellectual Disability

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 154-155

  Srour, Myriam ^a   Bejjani, Bassam A ^c   Rorem, Emily A ^c   Hall, Nicholas ^a   Shaffer, Lisa G ^c   Shevell, Michael I ^a,b  

^a Department of Neurology/Neurosurgery ^*  (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Signature Genomic Laboratories LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSTROPHIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 57349084143     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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