Pontine tegmental cap dysplasia: The severe end of the clinical spectrum

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-46

  Rauscher, C ^a   Poretti, A ^b   Neuhann, T M ^c   Forstner, R ^a   Hahn, G ^d   Koch, J ^a   Tinschert, S ^c   Boltshauser, E ^b  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

corneal anesthesia; molar tooth sign; pontine hypoplasia; sensorineural deafness; vermis hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONTINE TEGMENTAL CAP DYSPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HYPERPLASIA; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL RETARDATION; PONS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 70349910567     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1224100     Document Type: Article

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