The NeuroDev Study: Phenotypic and genetic characterization of neurodevelopmental disorders in Kenya and South Africa

M Hoogenhout, V de Menil, P Kipkemoi, D Kamuya, E Eastman, A Galvin, K Mwangasha, J de Vries, SM Kariuki, S Murugasen, P Mwangi, I Singh, DJ Stein, A Abubakar, CR Newton, KA Donald, E Robinson
January 2019
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Abstract

The NeuroDev study will deeply phenotype cognition, behavior, dysmorphias, and neuromedical traits on an expected cohort of 5,600 Africans (1,800 child cases, 1,800 child controls, and 1,900 parents) and will collect whole blood for exome sequencing and biobanking.

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Journal article
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In Neuron
genetics Africa cohort study biobanking phenotype child NeuroDEV

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