The dentate nucleus in children: normal development and patterns of disease

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 326-339

  McErlean, Aoife ^a   Abdalla, Khaled ^a   Donoghue, Veronica ^a   Ryan, Stephanie ^a  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cerebellar nuclei; Cerebellum; Crosssectional; Dentate; MRI; Paediatrics

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYGLUTARIC ACIDURIA; AICARDI GOUTIERES SYNDROME; ALEXANDER DISEASE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANAVAN DISEASE; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DISORDERS OF PEROXISOMAL FUNCTIONS; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; GLUTARIC ACIDURIA TYPE 1; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEIGH DISEASE; MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE; MEROSIN NEGATIVE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYELINATION; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 77951024771     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1504-2     Document Type: Review

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