Perimesencephalic nonaneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in the pediatric population: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 258-261

  Anderson, Richard C ^a   Baskin, Jonathan ^b   Feldstein, Neil A ^a  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Neurosurgical Asssociates of Chatham   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Negative angiography; Nonaneurysmal; Perimesencephalic; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIMESENCEPHALIC NONANEURYSMAL HEMORRHAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036979578     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066218     Document Type: Article

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