Joubert syndrome: A major brain malformation

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 392-394

  Ray, Jaydeb ^a   Majumder, Avijit Guha ^a,b   Das, Dipankar ^a,b   Mukhopadhyay, Debadatta ^a   Mondol, Sangita ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (India)

^b Department of Radiology and Imaging ^*

Author keywords

Brainstem malformation; Dysplasia of cerebeller vermis; Joubert syndrome

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUSCULTATION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE; DYSPLASIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC DISORDER; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; JOUBERT SYNDROME; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOLAR TOOTH; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUPIL REFLEX; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEIZURE; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENETICS; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; SYNDROME;

EID: 38749105133     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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