Progressive unilateral hemispheric atrophy in an infant with neurofibromatosis

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 100-104

  Wintermark, P ^a   Meagher Villemure, K ^a   Villemure, J G ^a   Maeder Ingvar, M ^a   Maeder, P ^a   Ghariani, S ^a   Roulet Perez, E ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain; Buphthalmos; Hemispheric atrophy; Hemispherotomy; Neurofibromatosis; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

NEUROFIBROMIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1;

EID: 34548746942     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-985139     Document Type: Article

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