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Molecular genetics of human primary microcephaly: an overview.
BMC medical genomics - 1 Jan 2015
Faheem Muhammad, Naseer Muhammad Imran, Rasool Mahmood, Chaudhary Adeel G, Kumosani Taha A, Ilyas Asad Muhammad, Pushparaj Peter, Ahmed Farid, Algahtani Hussain A, Al-Qahtani Mohammad H, Saleh Jamal Hasan
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive primary microcephaly (MCPH) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterised by microcephaly present at birth and non-progressive mental retardation. Microcephaly is the outcome of a smaller but architecturally normal brain; the cerebral cortex exhibits a significant decrease in size. MCPH is a neurogenic mitotic disorder, though affected patients demonstrate normal neuronal migration,...
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