Partial midline fusion of the cerebellar hemispheres with vertical folia: A new cerebellar malformation?

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1151-1153

  Takanashi, Jun Ichi ^b   Sugita, Katsuo ^c   Barkovich, A James ^a   Takano, Hideyuki ^c   Kohno, Yoichi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE TONUS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS;

EID: 0032720296     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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