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Autosomal recessive primary microcephaly (MCPH): a review of clinical, molecular, and evolutionary findings.
American journal of human genetics - 1 May 2005
Woods C Geoffrey, Bond Jacquelyn, Enard Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive primary microcephaly (MCPH) is a neurodevelopmental disorder. It is characterized by two principal features, microcephaly present at birth and nonprogressive mental retardation. The microcephaly is the consequence of a small but architecturally normal brain, and it is the cerebral cortex that shows the greatest size reduction. There are at least seven MCPH loci, and four of the genes have been...
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