"How much brain is really necessary?" A case of complex cerebral malformation and its clinical course

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 756-760

  Distelmaier, Felix ^a   Richter Werkle, Renate ^a   Schaper, Jörg ^a   Messing Juenger, Martina ^a   Mayatepek, Ertan ^a   Rosenbaum, Thorsten ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dandy Walker malformation; Dysgenesis of corpus callosum; Schizencephaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECTOPIC KIDNEY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MACROCEPHALY; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; REOPERATION; SCHIZENCEPHALY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH THERAPY;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 34447125593     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807304013     Document Type: Article

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