Congenital brain abnormalities: An update on malformations of cortical development and infratentorial malformations

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 239-248

  Poretti, Andrea ^a,b   Boltshauser, Eugen ^b   Huisman, Thierry A G M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

brain; children; disruptions; genetics; malformations; neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOUBERT SYNDROME; NEUROIMAGING; PONTINE TEGMENTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZENCEPHALY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEUROIMAGING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84928572674     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: 10989021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1386762     Document Type: Article

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