Partial rhombencephalosynapsis and Chiari type II malformation in a child: A true association supported by DTI tractography

Cerebellum

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 227-232

  Merlini, Laura ^a   Fluss, Joel ^a   Korff, Christian ^a   Hanquinet, Sylviane ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chiari II; DTI; Partial rhombencephalosynapsis; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; RHOMBENCEPHALOSYNAPSIS; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

EID: 84859007739     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-011-0300-3     Document Type: Article

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