Adult rhombencephalosynapsis

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 323-325

  Guyot, Lisa L ^a   Kazmierczak, Chris D ^a   Michael, Daniel B ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Developmental anomaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KARYOTYPE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALOSYNAPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; CEREBELLUM; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

EID: 0034241787     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.93.2.0323     Document Type: Article

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