Holoprosencephaly: A guide to diagnosis and clinical management

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 457-466

  Raam, Manu S ^b   Solomon, Benjamin D ^a   Muenke, Maximilian ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Building 35 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Genetics; Holoprosencephaly; Management; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BACLOFEN; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTONIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FAMILY HISTORY; GASTROSTOMY; GENE LOCUS; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INDIA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SPASTICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 79960472990     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-011-0078-x     Document Type: Review

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