Differential Diagnosis of Cerebellar Atrophy in Childhood: An Update

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 359-370

  Poretti, Andrea ^a,b   Wolf, Nicole I ^c   Boltshauser, Eugen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cerebellar atrophy; cerebellum; children; neuroimaging; pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

ATAXIA; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHECKLIST; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ATROPHY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHILD; PATHOLOGY;

ATROPHY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84948079996     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: 14391899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1564620     Document Type: Review

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