Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 2: A neuropathological update

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 373-386

  Barth, Peter G ^a   Aronica, Eleonora ^a   Vries, Linda ^b   Nikkels, Peter G J ^c   Scheper, Wiep ^a   Hoozemans, Jeroen J ^d   Poll The, Bwe Tien ^a   Troost, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Olivary nucleus; Pons; Pontocerebellar hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CHILD; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENTATE NUCLEUS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PATHOGENESIS; PONTOCEREBELLAR HYPOPLASIA TYPE 2; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHIES; PEDIGREE; PONS;

EID: 34848902266     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-007-0263-0     Document Type: Article

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