Thickening and enhancement of multiple cranial nerves in conjunction with cystic white matter lesions in early infantile Krabbe disease

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 694-696

  Beslow, Lauren A ^a   Schwartz, Erin S ^a   Bönnemann, Carsten G ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial nerve enhancement; Cranial nerve enlargement; Cystic lesions; Krabbe disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; CRANIAL NERVES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDASE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; LEUKODYSTROPHY, GLOBOID CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 43149110814     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-0763-7     Document Type: Article

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