Hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis in neurogenetic syndromes

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 382-385

  Bradley Schaefer, G ^a   Thompson, James N ^b   Bodensteiner, John B ^c   McConnell, James M ^d   Kimberling, William J ^e   Gay, Charles T ^f   Dutton, William D ^b   Hutchings, David C ^b   Gray, Stanton B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Boys Town Natl Research Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; SYNDROME;

EID: 9044247453     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410390316     Document Type: Article

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