Clinical and Brain Imaging Heterogeneity of Severe Microcephaly

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-16

  Basel Vanagaite, Lina ^a   Dobyns, William B ^b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROCEPHALY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BRAIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77953016980     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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