Cerebellar Cysts in Children: a Pattern Recognition Approach

Cerebellum

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 308-316

  Boltshauser, Eugen ^a   Scheer, Ianina ^a   Huisman, Thierry A G M ^b   Poretti, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Cerebellar cysts; Cerebellar dysplasia; Congenital muscular dystrophy; Pontocerebellar hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA DYSTROGLYCAN; ASPARTIC ACID; FUKUTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; LAMININ;

AICARDI SYNDROME; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBELLAR CYST; CEREBELLAR DYSPLASIA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COLLOID CYST; DAG1 GENE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; EXOSC3 GENE; FKRP GENE; FKTN GENE; GENE; GENOTYPE; GMPPB GENE; GPR56 GENE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISPD GENE; LAMA1 GENE; LARGE GENE; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POMGNT1 GENE; POMT1 GENE; POMT2 GENE; PONTOCEREBELLAR HYPOPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; TMEM5 GENE; VASODILATATION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYST; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; PATHOLOGY;

CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CYSTS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 84929711618     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-014-0633-9     Document Type: Review

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