Genetics and Biology of Microcephaly and Lissencephaly

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 120-126

  Mochida, Ganeshwaran H ^a,b,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1A TUBULIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; REELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

AGYRIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPSY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LISSENCEPHALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROCEPHALY;

EID: 70349173328     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2009.07.001     Document Type: Review

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