Cerebellar Mutism After Posterior Fossa Surgery: —Two Case Reports—

Neurologia medico-chirurgica

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 929-933

  Kai, Yutaka ^a   Kuratsu, Junichi ^a   Ushio, Yukitaka ^a   Suginohara, Kenji ^b   Marubayashi, Toru ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

mutism; posterior fossa; surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MUTISM; NEUROSURGERY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; THALAMOTOMY;

AGED; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031435986     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.37.929     Document Type: Article

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