Symmetrical thalamic calcifications in a monozygotic twin: Case report and literature review

Brain and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-69

  Buldini, Barbara ^a   Drigo, Paola ^a   Via, Luigi Dalla ^b   Calderone, Milena ^a   Laverda, Anna Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Thiene Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy; Thalamic calcifications; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ASPHYXIA; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; LITERATURE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; SUCKING; THALAMUS;

EID: 11144222949     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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