Bobble-head doll syndrome: Some atypical features with a new lesion and review of the literature

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 216-220

  Bhattacharyya, Kalyan B ^a   Senapati, A ^b   Basu, S ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^a   Ghosh, S ^a  

^a CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b BANGUR INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aqueductal web; Bobble head doll syndrome; Unconsciousness

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BOBBLE HEAD DOLL SYNDROME; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TREMOR; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; HEAD; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 0042427657     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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