Neuroimaging of Dandy-Walker malformation: New concepts

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 303-312

  Correa, Gustavo Gumz ^a   Amaral, Lázaro Faria ^b   Vedolin, Leonardo Modesti ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MOINHOS DE VENTO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL BENEFICÊNCIA PORTUGUESA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebellar malformation; Hindbrain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuroradiology; Posterior fossa malformation

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

EID: 84892563861     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: 15361004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RMR.0b013e3182a2ca77     Document Type: Article

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