Joubert syndrome associated with new MRI findings and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-52

  Yerdelen, Deniz ^a   Koç, Filiz ^b   Koç, Zafer ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

'Molar tooth' brainstem; Congenital vermian hypoplasia; Joubert syndrome; Posterior reversible encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; JOUBERT SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROGYRIA; MOTOR RETARDATION; NEPHRONOPHTHISIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 64949179956     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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