Pediatric Neurology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 186-193 , March 2006

Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum: Clinical and Genetic Study in 63 Young Patients

  • Maria Francesca Bedeschi, MD

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS “E Medea”, Bosisio Parini Lecco, Italy
    • Medical Genetic Unit Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milano, Italy
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  • Maria Clara Bonaglia, PhD
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  • Rita Grasso, MD

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS “E Medea”, Bosisio Parini Lecco, Italy
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  • Alda Pellegri, MD

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS “E Medea”, Conegliano Veneto Treviso, Italy
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  • Rosaria Rita Garghentino, MD

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS “E Medea”, Bosisio Parini Lecco, Italy
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  • Maria Amalia Battaglia, MD

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS “E Medea”, Conegliano Veneto Treviso, Italy
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  • Anna Maria Panarisi, MD

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS “E Medea”, Bosisio Parini Lecco, Italy
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  • Maja Di Rocco, MD

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS “E Medea”, Bosisio Parini Lecco, Italy
    • IRCCS “G. Gaslini”, Genova, Italy
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  • Umberto Balottin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, University of Insubria, Macchi Foundation Hospital, Varese, Italy
    • Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, University of Pavia, IRCCS Fondazione C. Mondino, Pavia, Italy
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  • Nereo Bresolin, MD

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS “E Medea”, Bosisio Parini Lecco, Italy
    • IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, “Centro Dino Ferrari”, Department of Neurology, University of Milano, Italy
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  • Maria Teresa Bassi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS “E Medea”, Bosisio Parini Lecco, Italy
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  • Renato Borgatti, MD

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS “E Medea”, Bosisio Parini Lecco, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Borgatti; Divisione di Neuroriabilitazione 1; IRCCS “Eugenio Medea”; La Nostra Famiglia; Via Don Luigi Monza, 20; 23842 Bosisio Parini (Lecco), Italy

Received 26 January 2005 ,Accepted 2 August 2005.

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PII: S0887-8994(05)00467-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.08.008

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 186-193 , March 2006

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