Posterior fossa syndrome

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 41, Issue , 1997, Pages 411-732

  Pollack, Ian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030625669     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7742(08)60362-1     Document Type: Article

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