Clinical features of infants with subependymal germinolysis and choroid plexus cysts

Pediatrics International

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 692-696

  Herini, Elisabeth Siti ^a,b   Tsuneishi, Syuichi ^b   Takada, Satoshi ^b   Sunartini, ^a,b   Nakamura, Hajime ^b  

^a GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus cysts; Cranial ultrasonography; Germinolysis; Infant; Periventricular cysts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CHOROID PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; OMPHALOCELE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; SOTOS SYNDROME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOROID PLEXUS; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 1642521753     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2003.t01-1-01814.x     Document Type: Article

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