Pre- and postnatal MR imaging of hypothalamic hamartomas associated with arachnoid cysts

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1283-1285

  Booth, Timothy N ^a,b   Timmons, Charles ^a   Shapiro, Kenneth ^a   Rollins, Nancy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 4143049007     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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