Ponto-cerebellar hypoplasia with dystonia: Clinico-pathological findings in a sporadic case

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 642-647

  Simonati, Alessandro ^a   Dalla Bernardina, Bernardo ^b   Colombari, Romano ^b   Rizzuto, Nicolé ^a  

^a POLICLINICO BORGO ROMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CNS development; Congenital dystonia; Pattern formation; Ponto cerebellar hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROCEPHALY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; PONS;

EID: 15444344194     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050161     Document Type: Article

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