Adult onset of the Dandy-Walker syndrome

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-112

  Sato, K ^a   Kubota, T ^a   Nakamura, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b Department of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult; Computed tomography; Dandy Walker syndrome; Magnetic resonance imaging; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0029970633     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699650040629     Document Type: Article

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