Midbrain and hindbrain malformations: Advances in clinical diagnosis, imaging, and genetics

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 381-393

  Doherty, Dan ^a   Millen, Kathleen J ^a   Barkovich, A James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGYRIA; BRAIN; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLAR DYSPLASIA; CEREBELLAR HYPERPLASIA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; COBBLESTONE LISSENCEPHALY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DYSPLASIA; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; HINDBRAIN MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPLASIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; JOUBERT SYNDROME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDBRAIN MALFORMATION; MOLAR TOOTH MALFORMATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGIST; PONTOCEREBELLAR HYPOPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALOSYNAPSIS; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MESENCEPHALON; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

EID: 84875242015     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70024-3     Document Type: Review

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