Genetic malformations of the human frontal lobe
Dina Amrom,
Christopher A. Walsh,
Dina Amrom
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Neurogenetics Unit, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorChristopher A. Walsh
Division of Genetics and Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Children’s Hospital Boston, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorDina Amrom,
Christopher A. Walsh,
Dina Amrom
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Neurogenetics Unit, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorChristopher A. Walsh
Division of Genetics and Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Children’s Hospital Boston, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorAddress correspondence to Dr. Christopher Walsh, Division of Genetics, Children’s Hospital Boston Center for Life Scineces 14047.1, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected]
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