Rhombencephalosynapsis: Clinical findings and neuroimaging in 9 children

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 209-214

  Toelle, S P ^a   Yalcinkaya, C ^a   Kocer, N ^a   Deonna, T ^a   Overweg Plandsoen, W C G ^a   Bast, T ^a   Kalmanchey, R ^a   Barsi, P ^a   Schneider, J F L ^a   Capone Mori, A ^a   Boltshauser, Eugen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Cerebellum; Hydrocephalus; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Rhombencephalosynapsis

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; VALPROIC ACID;

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALOSYNAPSIS; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT;

CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

EID: 18544387322     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-34498     Document Type: Article

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