Severe hypoplasia of medullary arcuate nucleus: Quantitative analysis in sudden infant death syndrome

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 371-375

  Matturri, Luigi ^a   Biondo, Bruna ^a   Mercurio, Paola ^a   Rossi, Lino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Brain stem; Image analysis; Sudden infant death syndrome; Ventral medullary surface

Indexed keywords

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPLASIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0034074482     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051138     Document Type: Article

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