Cerebellar volume in adults with Down syndrome

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-212

  Aylward, Elizabeth H ^a   Habbak, Reem ^a   Warren, Andrew C ^a   Pulsifer, Margaret B ^a   Barta, Patrick E ^a   Jerram, Matthew ^a   Pearlson, Godfrey D ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMENTIA; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031041335     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1997.00550140077016     Document Type: Article

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