Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in a patient with medulloblastoma

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 289-291

  Greenough, Glen ^a   Sateia, Michael ^a   Fadul, Camilo E ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CRANIOTOMY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SKULL IRRADIATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRACHEOSTOMY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; CRANIOTOMY; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DEXAMETHASONE; DRAINAGE; DYSARTHRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0033206944     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/15228517-1-4-289     Document Type: Article

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