Sudden death from fulminant acute cerebellitis

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 24-28

  Levy, Elad I ^a   Harris, Anthony E ^a   Omalu, Bennet I ^a   Hamilton, Ronald L ^a   Branstetter IV, Barton F ^a   Pollack, Ian F ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar inflammation; Cerebellitis; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; MANNITOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLITIS; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFLAMMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DEATH, SUDDEN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034894847     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050381     Document Type: Article

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