Midline developmental abnormalities of the posterior fossa: Correlation of classification with outcome

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 111-118

  Domingo, Zayne ^a   Peter, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cysts; Cystoperitoneal shunt; Dandy Walker syndrome; Posterior fossa cysts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILDHOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CYSTS; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0030054471     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121026     Document Type: Article

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