The fetal cerebellum: Development and common malformations

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1483-1492

  Garel, Catherine ^a   Fallet Bianco, Catherine ^b   Guibaud, Laurent ^c  

^a ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

agenesis; atrophy; cerebellum; Dandy Walker malformation; dysplasia; hypoplasia; prenatal diagnosis; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; BIOMETRY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DYSPLASIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALOSYNAPSIS;

CEREBELLUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FETUS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEURONS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 82455188145     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811420148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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