Familial pontocerebellar hypoplasia type I with anterior horn cell disease

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-38

  Görgen Pauly, Ute ^a,c   Sperner, Jürgen ^a   Reiss, Irwin ^a   Gehl, Hans Björn ^b   Reusche, Erich ^c  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Germany)

^b Institute of Radiology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior horn cell disease; Congenital contractures; Olivopontocerebellar atrophy; Pontocerebellar hypoplasia; Spinal muscular atrophy; Werdnig Hoffmann disease

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR HORN CELL DISEASE; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRACTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRAMNIOS; INFANT; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SIBLING;

EID: 0032911790     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejpn.1999.0177     Document Type: Article

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