Pontine hypoplasia in a child with sensorineural deafness

Brain and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 436-439

  Maeoka, Yukinori ^a   Yamamoto, Toshiyuki ^a   Ohtani, Kyoichi ^b   Takeshita, Kenzo ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tottori Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blink reflex (BR); Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Pontine hypoplasia; Sensorineural deafness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PONS; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEGMENTUM;

BLINKING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEAFNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PONS;

EID: 0030873498     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(97)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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