The NeuroDev Study: Phenotypic and Genetic Characterization of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Kenya and South Africa

Authors

Victoria de Menil, University of Oxford
Michelle Hoogenhout, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and University of Cape Town
Patricia Kipkemoi, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Research Programme
Dorcas Kamuya, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Research Programme
Emma Eastman, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and University of Cape Town
Alice Galvin, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Jantina de Vries, University of Cape Town
Symon M. Kariuki, University of Oxford
Serini Murugasen, University of Cape Town
Amina Abubakar, Aga Khan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Department

Institute for Human Development

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.

Publication (Name of Journal)

NeuroView

Recommended Citation

Menil, V., Hoogenhout, M., Kipkemoi, P., Kamuya, D., Eastman, E., Galvin, A., Vries, J., Kariuki, S. M., Murugasen, S., Abubakar, A. (2019). The NeuroDev Study: Phenotypic and Genetic Characterization of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Kenya and South Africa. NeuroView, 101(1), 15-19.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/eastafrica_ihd/27