Cerebellar hemorrhage after supratentorial surgery for treatment of epilepsy: Report of three cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 159-162

  Yacubian, Elza Márcia ^a   De Andrade, Marli M ^a   Jorge, Carmen Lisa ^a   Valério, Rosa Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebellar hemorrhage; Epilepsy surgery; Supratentorial craniotomies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0033034393     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199907000-00036     Document Type: Article

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