Familial aggregation of congenital hydrocephalus in a nationwide cohort

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2409-2415

  Munch, Tina Noergaard ^a,b   Rostgaard, Klaus ^a   Rasmussen, Marie Louise Hee ^a   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Juhler, Marianne ^b   Melbye, Mads ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

brain development; complex disease; congenital; genetic risk; hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; DENMARK; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RELATIVE; SIBLING;

EID: 84864715704     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws158     Document Type: Article

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