Cerebral hemiatrophy (Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome) in childhood: Clinicoradiological analysis of 19 cases

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-75

  Atalar, Mehmet H ^a   Icagasioglu, Dilara ^a   Tas, Fikret ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dyke Davidoff Masson syndrome; Magnetic resonance imaging; Unilateral cerebral hemiatrophy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CALVARIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYKE DAVIDOFF MASSON SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARANASAL SINUSES; SKULL; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846412951     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02299.x     Document Type: Article

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