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Etiological heterogeneity of familial periventricular heterotopia and hydrocephalus.
Brain & development - 1 Aug 2004
Sheen Volney L, Basel-Vanagaite Lina, Goodman Jean R, Scheffer Ingrid E, Bodell Adria, Ganesh Vijay S, Ravenscroft Robert, Hill Robert S, Cherry Timothy J, Shugart Yin Y, Barkovich James, Straussberg Rachel, Walsh Christopher A
Abstract excerpt
Periventricular heterotopia (PH) represents a neuronal migration disorder that results in gray matter nodules along the lateral ventricles beneath an otherwise normal appearing cortex. While prior reports have shown that mutations in the filamin A (FLNA) gene can cause X-linked dominant PH, an increasing number of studies suggest the existence of additional PH syndromes. Further classification of these cortical...
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