Congenital pontocerebellar atrophy in three patients: Clinical, radiologic and etiologic considerations

Neuroradiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 684-687

  Zelnik, N ^a,c   Dobyns, W B ^b   Forem, S L ^a   Kolodny, E H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atrophy, pontocerebellar; Microcephaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROCEPHALY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEWBORN; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CEREBELLUM; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHIES; PONS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0029845651     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050334     Document Type: Article

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