Autopsy case of later-onset pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 1: Pontine atrophy and pyramidal tract involvement

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1429-1434

  Sanefuji, Masafumi ^a   Kira, Ryutaro ^a   Matsumoto, Kenichi ^a,c   Gondo, Kenjiro ^a,d   Torisu, Hiroyuki ^a   Kawakami, Hideshi ^b   Iwaki, Toru ^a   Hara, Toshiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

anterior horn cell; pons; pontocerebellar hypoplasia; pyramidal tract

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR HORN CELL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXOPHTHALMOS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHIES; PONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 78650186849     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073810372991     Document Type: Article

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