Cerebellitis presenting as acute hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 139-141

  Aylett, S E ^a,c   O'Neill, K S ^b   De Sousa, C ^a   Britton, J ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ATKINSON MORLEY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Wolfson Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellitis; Hydrocephalus; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; STEROID THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031810242     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050197     Document Type: Article

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