Posterior fossa arachnoid cysts

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-17

  Erdinçler, Pamir ^a,b   Kaynar, M Y ^a   Bozkus, H ^a   Ciplak N ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cysts; Classification; Differential diagnosis; Posterior fossa cysts; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNTING;

EID: 0032992030     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699944122     Document Type: Article

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