Mutism after posterior fossa tumour resection in children: Incomplete recovery on long-term follow-up

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 179-183

  Steinbok, Paul ^a,b   Cochrane, D Douglas ^a   Perrin, Richard ^a   Price, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Complication; Medulloblastoma; Mutism; Outcome; Posterior fossa syndrome; Posterior fossa tumour resection

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MUTISM; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; ATAXIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MUTISM; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141568282     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072468     Document Type: Review

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