Cerebellar cleft: A form of prenatal cerebellar disruption

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-112

  Poretti, A ^a   Leventer, R J ^b   Cowan, F M ^c   Rutherford, M A ^c   Steinlin, M ^d   Klein, A ^a   Scheer, I ^a   Huisman, T A G M ^a,e   Boltshauser, Eugen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar cleft; Cerebellar disruption; Cerebellar dysplasia; Cerebellar hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM CLEFT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFANT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZENCEPHALY; WHITE MATTER;

CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 50649101887     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1081460     Document Type: Article

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