Disorders of cerebellar growth and development

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 621-627

  Limperopoulos, Catherine ^a,b   Du Plessis, Adré J ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Development; Posterior fossa; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; JOUBERT SYNDROME; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; PEDIATRICIAN; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33750982716     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32801080e8     Document Type: Review

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