Familial hydrocephalus with normal cognition and distinctive radiological features

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2743-2748

  Basel Vanagaite, Lina ^a,b   Raas Rotchild, Annick ^c   Kornreich, Liora ^b,d   Har Zahav, Adi ^b   Yeshaya, Josefa ^a   Latarowski, Victoria ^b   Lerer, Israela ^c   Dobyns, William B ^e   Shohat, Mordechai ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant inheritance; Dandy Walker malformation; Hydrocephalus; Mega cisterna magna

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78049282509     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33688     Document Type: Article

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