New trends in neuronal migration disorders

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Verrotti, Alberto ^a   Spalice, Alberto ^b   Ursitti, Fabiana ^b   Papetti, Laura ^b   Mariani, Rosanna ^b   Castronovo, Antonella ^b   Mastrangelo, Mario ^b   Iannetti, Paola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heterotopia; Lissencephaly; Neuronal migration; Polymicrogyria; Schizencephaly

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; DOUBLECORTIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; FUKUTIN; FUKUTIN RELATED PROTEIN; FUKUTIN RELATED PROTEIN 9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EMX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGYRIA; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ATONIC SEIZURE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CATARACT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 16Q; CHROMOSOME 17P; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CHROMOSOME XQ; CLINODACTYLY; COBBLESTONE LISSENCEPHALY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CRYPTORCHISM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DROP ATTACK; DYSARTHRIA; EPILEPSY; FEEDING DISORDER; FUKUYAMA CONGENITAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HETEROTOPIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERSALIVATION; INFANTILE SPASM; INSULA; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LENS DISEASE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROGYRIA; MICROPENIS; MICROPHTHALMIA; MILLER DIEKER SYNDROME; MOEBIUS SYNDROME; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE EYE BRAIN DISEASE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOCLONUS; MYOPIA; NEURONAL MIGRATION DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OMPHALOCELE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PACHYGYRIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIVENTRICULAR HETEROTOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; RETINA DYSTROPHY; REVIEW; SCHIZENCEPHALY; SEIZURE; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SUBCORTICAL HETEROTOPIA; TONGUE DISEASE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKER WARBURG SYNDROME; WEAKNESS;

BRAIN; EPILEPSY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; NEURONAL MIGRATION DISORDERS; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 71649105423     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2009.01.005     Document Type: Review

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