A developmental and genetic classification for malformations of cortical development: update 2012

AJ Barkovich, R Guerrini, RI Kuzniecky, GD Jackson… - Brain, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Malformations of cerebral cortical development include a wide range of developmental
disorders that are common causes of neurodevelopmental delay and epilepsy. In addition …

The congenital muscular dystrophies in 2004: a century of exciting progress

F Muntoni, T Voit - Neuromuscular Disorders, 2004 - Elsevier
The congenital muscular dystrophies are a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders. The
clinical features range from severe and often early fatal disorders to relatively mild …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic approach to the congenital muscular dystrophies

CG Bönnemann, CH Wang, S Quijano-Roy… - Neuromuscular …, 2014 - Elsevier
Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs) are early onset disorders of muscle with
histological features suggesting a dystrophic process. The congenital muscular dystrophies …

Mutations in ISPD cause Walker-Warburg syndrome and defective glycosylation of α-dystroglycan

T Roscioli, EJ Kamsteeg, K Buysse, I Maystadt… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Walker-Warburg syndrome (WWS) is an autosomal recessive multisystem disorder
characterized by complex eye and brain abnormalities with congenital muscular dystrophy …

Mutations in the FKRP gene can cause muscle-eye-brain disease and Walker–Warburg syndrome

DBV De Bernabé, T Voit, C Longman… - Journal of medical …, 2004 - jmg.bmj.com
The hypoglycosylation of o-dystroglycan is a new disease mechanism recently identified in
four congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs): Walker–Warburg syndrome (WWS), muscle …

Mechanisms in protein O-glycan biosynthesis and clinical and molecular aspects of protein O-glycan biosynthesis defects: a review

S Wopereis, DJ Lefeber, E Morava… - Clinical …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background: Genetic diseases that affect the biosynthesis of protein O-glycans are a rapidly
growing group of disorders. Because this group of disorders does not have a collective …

Cobblestone lissencephaly: neuropathological subtypes and correlations with genes of dystroglycanopathies

L Devisme, C Bouchet, M Gonzalès, E Alanio, A Bazin… - Brain, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Cobblestone lissencephaly represents a peculiar brain malformation with characteristic
radiological anomalies, defined as cortical dysplasia combined with dysmyelination …

Brain involvement in muscular dystrophies with defective dystroglycan glycosylation

E Clement, E Mercuri, C Godfrey… - Annals of Neurology …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the range and severity of brain involvement, as assessed by magnetic
resonance imaging, in 27 patients with mutations in POMT1 (4), POMT2 (9), POMGnT1 (7) …

Walker-Warburg syndrome

J Vajsar, H Schachter - Orphanet journal of rare diseases, 2006 - Springer
Abstract Walker-Warburg Syndrome (WWS) is a rare form of autosomal recessive congenital
muscular dystrophy associated with brain and eye abnormalities. WWS has a worldwide …

Congenital muscular dystrophies: a brief review

E Bertini, A D'Amico, F Gualandi, S Petrini - Seminars in pediatric neurology, 2011 - Elsevier
Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs) are clinically and genetically heterogeneous
neuromuscular disorders with onset at birth or in infancy in which the muscle biopsy is …