The molar tooth sign is pathognomonic for joubert syndrome!

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Poretti, Andrea ^a,b   Boltshauser, Eugen ^b   Valente, Enza Maria ^c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FACE DISORDER; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION SYNDROME; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; JOUBERT SYNDROME; LETTER; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL FACIAL DIGITAL SYNDROME TYPE VI; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNDACTYLY; TONGUE DISEASE; TONGUE HAMARTOMA; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; EYE ABNORMALITIES; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; RETINA; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 84901189690     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.11.003     Document Type: Letter

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