Pons tumour behind a phenotypic Rett syndrome presentation

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 836-839

  Vanhala, R ^a,d   Gaily, E ^a   Paetau, A ^b   Riikonen, R ^c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Unit of Pathology

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEAD; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; SOCIAL DISABILITY; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 0031798251     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb12361.x     Document Type: Article

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