Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 155-163 , September 2009

Model Organisms Inform the Search for the Genes and Developmental Pathology Underlying Malformations of the Human Hindbrain

  • Kimberly A. Aldinger, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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  • Gina E. Elsen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Committee on Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Victoria E. Prince, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Committee on Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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  • Kathleen J. Millen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • Committee on Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Kathleen J. Millen, PhD, Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, 920 E 58th St, Rm 319, Chicago, IL 60637

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Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 155-163 , September 2009

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