Neuropathological analysis of an asymptomatic adult case with Dandy-Walker variant

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 344-350

  Notaridis, G ^a   Ebbing, K ^b   Giannakopoulos, P ^a,b   Bouras, C ^a   Kovari E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b University of Lausanne Medical Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain malformation; Dandy Walker variant; Ehlers Danlos syndrome; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGYRIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM AGENESIS; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SEIZURE;

BRAIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646113171     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2006.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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