Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 143-154 , September 2009

Joubert Syndrome: Insights Into Brain Development, Cilium Biology, and Complex Disease

  • Dan Doherty, MD, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dan Doherty, MD, PhD, University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA

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 Supported by the National Institutes of Health (NCRR 5KL2RR025015), the Arc of Washington State Trust Fund and the March of Dimes Endowment for Healthier Babies at Seattle Children's Hospital (to D.D.).

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doi: 10.1016/j.spen.2009.06.002

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