A pathological approach to anomalies of the posterior fossa

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 674-684

  Siebert, Joseph R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Laboratories ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dandy Walker malformation; Dandy Walker variant; Fetal autopsy; Posterior fossa; Transverse cerebellar diameter

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLAKE POUCH CYST; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CISTERNA MAGNA; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAMILY COUNSELING; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEGA CISTERNA MAGNA; NEUROANATOMY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTERIOR FOSSA ANOMALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKULL DEFECT; TRANSVERSE CEREBELLAR DIAMETER;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN STEM; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FETUS; HUMANS;

EID: 33749474038     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20296     Document Type: Article

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