Three siblings of fatal infantile encephalopathy with olivopontocerebellar hypoplasia and microcephaly

Brain and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 169-174

  Hashimoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Takeuchi, Yutaka ^a   Kida, Yoshikazu ^a   Hisaya Hasegawa, ^a   Kantake, Masato ^a   Sasaki, Ayako ^a   Asanuma, Katsumi ^a   Hiroshi Isumi, ^b   Takashima, Sachio ^b  

^a Matsudo City Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dysplasia; Fatal encephalopathy; Infantile olivopontocerebellar hypoplasia; Microcephaly; Polymicrogyria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; DENTATE GYRUS; FETUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; MICROGYRIA; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MYOCLONUS; NEWBORN; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHY; SIBLING;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031955345     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(98)00014-X     Document Type: Article

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