Mutations in tubulin genes are frequent causes of various foetal malformations of cortical development including microlissencephaly

Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fallet Bianco, Catherine ^a   Laquerrière, Annie ^b,c   Poirier, Karine ^d,e   Razavi, Ferechte ^d,f,g   Guimiot, Fabien ^h   Dias, Patricia ⁱ   Loeuillet, Laurence ^j   Lascelles, Karine ^k   Beldjord, Cherif ^l   Carion, Nathalie ^l   Toussaint, Aurélie ^l   Revencu, Nicole ^m   Addor, Marie Claude ⁿ   Lhermitte, Benoit ^o   Gonzales, Marie ^p   Martinovich, Jelena ^q   Bessieres, Bettina ^f   Marcy Bonnière, Maryse ^f   Jossic, Frédérique ^r   Marcorelles, Pascale ^s   Loget, Philippe ^t   Chelly, Jamel ^d,e   Bahi Buisson, Nadia ^d,g   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔpital Universitaire de Rouen Rouen   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^g IMAGINE INSTITUTE   (France)

^h HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

ⁱ HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^j CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

^k EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l Institut Cochin   (France)

^m CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

ⁿ LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^o HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

^p SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^q HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^r NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^s CHU MORVAN   (France)

^t UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Lissencephaly; Microcephaly; Microlissencephaly; Polymicrogyria; Tubulin genes

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT, GROUP I; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT, GROUP I; MUTATION; TUBULIN;

EID: 84921635274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20515960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2051-5960-2-69     Document Type: Article

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