Looking at the missing brain: Hydranencephaly case series and literature review

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-158

  Cecchetto, Giovanni ^a   Milanese, Laura ^a   Giordano, Renzo ^b   Viero, Alessia ^a   Suma, Vincenzo ^c   Manara, Renzo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ULSS 13   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRANENCEPHALY; INDUCED ABORTION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 84872791518     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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