Autism as a sequence: From heterochronic germinal cell divisions to abnormalities of cell migration and cortical dysplasias

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-38

  Casanova, Manuel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DAUGHTER CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; CELL MOTION; PATHOLOGY;

CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84901068440     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2014.04.014     Document Type: Article

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