Pediatric Neurology
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8 , July 2009

Cerebellar Injury in Term Infants: Clinical Characteristics, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings, and Outcome

  • Catherine Limperopoulos, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Fetal-Neonatal Neurology Research Group, Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Limperopoulos; Montreal Children's Hospital; 2300 Tupper Street A-334; Montreal, Quebec H3H 1P3, Canada.
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  • Richard L. Robertson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Nancy R. Sullivan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Developmental Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Haim Bassan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Fetal-Neonatal Neurology Research Group, Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Adré J. du Plessis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Fetal-Neonatal Neurology Research Group, Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 28 July 2008 ,Accepted 23 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.02.007

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8 , July 2009

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