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Primary cerebellar agenesis presenting as isolated cognitive impairment

Primary cerebellar agenesis is a rare entity. To the best of our knowledge, eleven living cases have been reported till date. Most of these were associated with some degree of motor impairment. We present a case of cerebellar agenesis in a child who presented with cognitive abnormalities leading to...

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Autores principales: Ashraf, Obaid, Jabeen, Shumyla, Khan, Azhar, Shaheen, Feroze
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4991160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27606028
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.187646
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Sumario:Primary cerebellar agenesis is a rare entity. To the best of our knowledge, eleven living cases have been reported till date. Most of these were associated with some degree of motor impairment. We present a case of cerebellar agenesis in a child who presented with cognitive abnormalities leading to poor performance at school. No motor impairment was seen. Among the eleven cases reported earlier, only one case showed lack of motor impairment.