Structural abnormalities of the brain other than molar tooth sign in Joubert syndrome-related disorders

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-6

  Şenocak, Efsun U ^a   Oǧuz, Kader Karli ^a   Haliloǧlu, Göknur ^a   Topçu, Meral ^a   Cila, Ayşenur ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Cerebellum; Hippocampal formation; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBIENT CISTERN LIPOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBELLAR FOLIAL DISORGANIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HETEROTOPIA; HIPPOCAMPAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; JOUBERT SYNDROME; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LIPOMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROGYRIA; MOLAR TOOTH; MORBIDITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENCHYMAL CYST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE HYPOPLASIA;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOLAR; SYNDROME;

EID: 77749282984     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.2673-09.1     Document Type: Article

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