Transient cerebellar mutism after evacuation of a spontaneous vermian haematoma

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 460-462

  Sinha, Ajay K ^a   Rajender, Y ^a   Dinakar, I ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebellar haematoma; Cerebellar mutism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MUTISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031696949     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050261     Document Type: Article

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