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Disorders of Neuronal Migration

ISBN: 978-1-898-68331-5

January 2003

220 pages

Description
Disorders of Neuronal Migration addresses the various aspects of neuronal migration disorders in an ordered way. It will help the clinician to acquire insight as well as proficiency in diagnosis.
Individual chapters describe subgroups including:

  • lissencephalies

  • subependymal heterotopia

  • non-lissencephalic cortical dysplasias

  • anomalies of the corpus callosum

  • hemimegalencephaly

  • schizencephaly

  • polymicrogyria and

  • multisystem disorders with impaired migration such as chromosomal and metabolic syndromes.

Neuroradiological and genetic data are provided with the respective chapters.
Although the book is intended for clinical practice, it provides core information for all interested in this important biological process.

About the Author
Edited by Peter G. Barth, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Features
A clinician's aid to acquire insight as well as proficiency in diagnosis

  • Synthesises the accumulated knowledge of a rapidly expanding, multi-disciplinary field straddling pediatrics, neurology and clinical genetics

  • Written by a team of well-known experts in the field

  • Provides a comprehensive source of information to aid in diagnosis and counselling