Taber's Medical Dictionary
Amish lethal microcephaly
(ah′mish)
(am′ish)
[Fr the Amish people of Lancaster County, PA]
A rare autosomal dominant disease marked by underdevelopment of the head and brain. The cerebellum of affected children is very small and lacks normal gyri.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Amish Lethal Microcephaly." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773403/all/Amish_lethal_microcephaly.
Amish lethal microcephaly. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773403/all/Amish_lethal_microcephaly. Accessed January 20, 2020.
Amish lethal microcephaly. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773403/all/Amish_lethal_microcephaly
Amish Lethal Microcephaly [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2020 January 20]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773403/all/Amish_lethal_microcephaly.
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