Cerebellar vermis morphology in children with spina bifida and Chiari type II malformation

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 385-393

  Salman, Michael S ^a,b,c   Blaser, Susan E ^a   Sharpe, James A ^b   Dennis, Maureen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebellar malformation; Children; Midsagittal area; MRI; Spina bifida; Vermis morphology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINA BIFIDA;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33645284151     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-1180-y     Document Type: Article

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