Genetic basis of brain malformations

Molecular Syndromology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 220-233

  Parrini, Elena ^a   Conti, Valerio ^a   Dobyns, William B ^b   Guerrini, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Cortical development; Lissencephaly; Malformation

Indexed keywords

AGYRIA; ALEXANDER DISEASE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MICROGYRIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIVENTRICULAR HETEROTOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCORTICAL HETEROTOPIA; TUBULINOPATHY;

EID: 84988841964     PISSN: 16618769     EISSN: 16618777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000448639     Document Type: Review

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