Cerebellar mutism with subsequent dysarthria in an adult: Case report

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-163

  Dunwoody, G W ^a   Alsagoff, Z S ^a   Yuan, S Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

EEG abnormality; Mutism; Posterior fossa surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MUTISM; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030970912     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699746555     Document Type: Article

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