Congenital dysplastic microcephaly and hypoplasia of the brainstem and cerebellum with diffuse intracranial calcification

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 218-221

  Nakamura, Kazuyuki ^a   Kato, Mitsuhiro ^a   Sasaki, Ayako ^a   Kanai, Masayo ^a   Hayasaka, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cytomegalovirus; herpes simplex; intracranial calcification; microcephaly; pontocerebellar hypoplasia; rubella; toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN STEM; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CRYPTORCHISM; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTUBATION; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBE FEEDING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN STEM; CALCINOSIS; CEREBELLUM; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROCEPHALY;

EID: 84857437224     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811416239     Document Type: Article

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