Diffuse cerebral hypomyelination with cerebellar atrophy and hypoplasia of the corpus callosum

Brain and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 582-587

  Sasaki, Masayuki ^a   Takanashi, Jun ichi ^b   Tada, Hiroko ^c   Sakuma, Hiroshi ^a   Furushima, Wakana ^a   Sato, Noriko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Segawa Neurol Clinic for Children   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrophy of the corpus callosum; Cerebellar atrophy; Hypomyelination; MRI; Slow progressive

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYTOGENETICS; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE COURSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPODONTIA; HYPOGONADISM; JAPANESE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSKINESIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 67651202491     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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