Tumour type and size are high risk factors for the syndrome of "cerebellar" mutism and subsequent dysarthria

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 755-757

  Catsman Berrevoets, Coriene E ^a,e   Van Dongen, Hugo R ^a   Mulder, Paul G H ^b   Paz Y Geuze, Daniel ^a   Paquier, Philippe F ^c,d   Lequin, Maarten H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebellar tumour; Mutism and subsequent dysarthria; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCISION; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MUTISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DYSARTHRIA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MUTISM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032699768     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.67.6.755     Document Type: Article

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