Infantile hydrocephalus: A review of epidemiology, classification and causes

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 359-368

  Tully, Hannah M ^a,c   Dobyns, William B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueductal stenosis; Genetics; Hydrocephalus; Intraventricular hemorrhage; L1CAM

Indexed keywords

RAS PROTEIN;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSOSTOSIS; FRIED SYNDROME; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; WALKER WARBURG SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; INFANT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT;

EID: 84907598698     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: 18780849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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