Neuroanatomy in Rett syndrome: Cerebral cortex and posterior fossa

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 399-407

  Subramaniam, Baskaran ^a   Naidu, Sakkubai ^a   Reiss, Allan L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031028124     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.2.399     Document Type: Article

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