Hypoplasia of Deep Cerebellar Nuclei in Joubert Syndrome

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 474-476

  Kuchukhidze, Giorgi ^a   Rauchenzauner, Markus ^a   Gotwald, Thaddaeus ^a   Janecke, Andreas ^a   Trinka, Eugen ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; JOUBERT SYNDROME; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYDACTYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TACHYPNEA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449172770     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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