Transsynaptic degeneration of lateral geniculate bodies in blind children: In vivo MR demonstration

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 233-238

  Uggetti, Carla ^a   Egitto, Maria Grazia ^a   Fazzi, Elisa ^a   Bianchi, Paolo Emilio ^b   Zappoli, Federico ^a   Martelli, Adelaide ^a   Lanzi, Giovanni ^a  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neurons; Thalamus; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; LEUKOMALACIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THALAMUS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROAXONAL DYSTROPHIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031056921     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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