Terminology in morphological anomalies of the cerebellum does matter

Cerebellum and Ataxias

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Poretti, Andrea ^a,b   Boltshauser, Eugen ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerebellar atrophy; Cerebellar dysmorphia; Cerebellar dysplasia; Cerebellar hypoplasia; Cerebellum; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLAR DYSMORPHIA; CEREBELLAR DYSPLASIA; CEREBELLUM AGENESIS; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; LHERMITTE DUCLOS DISEASE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONTOCEREBELLAR HYPOPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84991206412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20538871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40673-015-0027-x     Document Type: Note

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