Magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of benign macrocephaly in children

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 678-682

  Alper, Gülay ^a,c   Ekinci, Gazanfer ^a   Yilmaz, Yüksel ^b   Arikan, Çiǧdem ^a   Telyar, Güzide ^a   Erzen, Canan ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0032851215     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389901401010     Document Type: Article

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