MRI abnormalities in neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1): A study of men and mice

Brain and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 268-273

  Rosenbaum, Thorsten ^a   Engelbrecht, Volkher ^a   Krölls, Wilfried ^a   Van Dorsten, Ferdinand A ^b   Hoehn Berlage, Mathias ^b   Lenard, Hans Gerd ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intellectual impairment; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurofibromatosis type 1; Nf1 kockout mice; Optic pathway gliomas; Unidentified bright objects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0032997134     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(99)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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