Isolated posterior cerebellar vermal defect: A morphological study of midsagittal cerebellar vermis in 4 fetuses - Early stage of dandy-walker continuum or new vermal dysgenesis?

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 492-500

  Russo, Rosa ^a   Fallet Bianco, Catherine ^b  

^a General Hospital S Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D'Aragona   (Italy)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebellar vermis; Cerebellum; Dandy Walker variant; Hypoplasia; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CELL MIGRATION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRANULE CELL; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPLASIA; MENINX; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

CEREBELLUM; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 34250353108     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807299862     Document Type: Article

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