Interpeduncular heterotopia in Joubert syndrome: A previously undescribed MR finding

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1286-1289

  Harting, Inga ^a   Kotzaeridou, U ^a   Poretti, A ^b,c   Seitz, A ^a   Pietz, J ^a   Bendszus, M ^a   Boltshauser, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSMETRIA; FEMALE; HETEROTOPIA; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFANT; INTERPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; JOUBERT SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOLAR TOOTH; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA DYSTROPHY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TACHYPNEA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORISTOMA; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PONS; RETINA; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 80051975572     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2488     Document Type: Article

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