Cerebellar cleft: Confirmation of the neuroimaging pattern

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 228-233

  Poretti, A ^a   Huisman, T A G M ^b   Cowan, F M ^c   Del Giudice, E ^d   Jeannet, P Y ^e   Prayer, D ^f   Rutherford, M A ^c   Du Plessis, A J ^g   Limperopoulos, C ^g,h   Boltshauser, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cerebellar cleft; cerebellar disruption; cerebellar hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR CLEFT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLUM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 77953385696     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1248265     Document Type: Article

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