Transient eye closure after posterior fossa tumor surgery in children

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 196-198

  Gaskill, Sarah J ^a   Marlin, Arthur E ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Pediatric Neurosurgery Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar eye closure; Cerebellar mutism; Complications; Posterior fossa tumors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; COMPLICATION; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; EPENDYMOMA; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MUTISM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0026391696     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000120595     Document Type: Article

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