Hydrocephalus as a possible early symptom in a child with a spinal cord tumor

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-171

  Caviness, James A ^a   Tucker, Mark H ^a   Pia, Suzann K ^a   Tam, David A ^a,b,c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MACROCEPHALY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

EID: 0032007038     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(97)00158-6     Document Type: Article

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