Cerebellar mutism: Report of seven cases and review of the literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-66

  Erşahin, Yusuf ^a,b   Mutluer, Saffet ^a   Çaǧh, Sedat ^a   Duman, Yusuf ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cerebellar mutism; Posterior cranial fossa surgery; SPECT

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MUTISM; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MUTISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030044348     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199601000-00015     Document Type: Article

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