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Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification detects DCX gene deletions in band heterotopia.
Neurology - 6 Feb 2007
Mei D, Parrini E, Pasqualetti M, Tortorella G, Franzoni E, Giussani U, Marini C, Migliarini S, Guerrini R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Subcortical band heterotopia (SBH, or double cortex syndrome) is a neuronal migration disorder consisting of heterotopic bands of gray matter located between the cortex and the ventricular surface, with or without concomitant pachygyria. Most cases show diffuse or anteriorly predominant (A>P) migration abnormality. All familial and 53% to 84% of sporadic cases with diffuse or A>P SBH harbor a mutation...
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