## Abstract Holoprosencephaly (HPE) has captivated the imagination of Man for millennia because its most extreme manifestation, the singleβeyed cyclopic newborn infant, brings to mind the fantastical creature Cyclops from Greek mythology. Attempting to understand this common malformation of the for
Molecular Mechanisms of Holoprosencephaly
β Scribed by Deeann E. Wallis; Maximilian Muenke
- Book ID
- 115639579
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 187 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1096-7192
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Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a common developmental anomaly of the forebrain and midface in which the cerebral hemispheres fail to separate into distinct left and right halves. HPE is extremely heterogeneous. In addition to teratogenic agents, several genes are implicated in the cause of HPE. Using sa
## Abstract Holoprosencephaly is addressed under the following headings: alobar, semilobar, and lobar holoprosencephaly; arrhinencephaly; agenesis of the corpus callosum; pituitary abnormalities; hindbrain abnormalities; syntelencephaly; aprosencephaly/atelencephaly; neural tube defects; facial ano