Microcephaly-lymphedema-chorioretinal dysplasia associated with pachymicrogyria and atrophy of the cerebellar vermis: An integration of brain-ocular migration disorders

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-118

  Pastora, Natalia ^a   Peralta, Jesus ^a   Canal Fontcuberta, Irene ^b   Grabowska, Anna ^a   Pulido, Jose S ^b   Abelairas, Jose ^a   Armada, Felix ^a   Garcia Alix, Alfredo ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebellar vermis atrophy; Chorioretinal dysplasia; Lymphedema; Microcephaly; Neuronal migration disorder; Optic nerve hipoplasia; Pachymicrogyria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHORIORETINAL DYSPLASIA; CHORIORETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LYMPHEDEMA; MICROCEPHALY; MICROGYRIA; MICROPHTHALMIA; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NEURONAL MIGRATION DISORDER; NEWBORN; NYSTAGMUS; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA MALFORMATION; SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FACIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; LYMPHEDEMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROCEPHALY; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; RETINAL DYSPLASIA; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 84863438276     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: 17445094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13816810.2011.626012     Document Type: Article

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