Rhombencephalosynapsis: A hindbrain malformation associated with incomplete separation of midbrain and forebrain, hydrocephalus and a broad spectrum of severity

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1370-1386

  Ishak, Gisele E ^a   Dempsey, Jennifer C ^a   Shaw, Dennis W W ^a,b   Tully, Hannah ^a,b   Adam, Margaret P ^a   Sanchez Lara, Pedro A ^c,d   Glass, Ian ^a   Rue, Tessa C ^a   Millen, Kathleen J ^a,b   Dobyns, William B ^a,b   Doherty, Dan ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aqueductal stenosis; G mez L pez Hern ndez syndrome; holoprosencephaly; hydrocephalus; rhombencephalosynapsis; VACTERL

Indexed keywords

ABSENT OLFACTORY BULB; ABSENT SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PONS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALOSYNAPSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; TECTUM; TONSIL; VERTEBRAL ANOMALIES, ANAL ATRESIA, CARDIOVASCULAR ANOMALIES, TRACHEAOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA,RENAL ANOMALIES, LIMB DEFECT;

EID: 84860603464     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws065     Document Type: Article

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