Acetazolamide and corticosteroid therapy in complicated arachnoid cyst

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1061-1064

  Longatti, Pierluigi ^a   Marton, Elisabetta ^a,b   Billeci, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetazolamide; Arachnoid cyst; Subdural effusion

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYGROMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTICONVULSANTS; ARACHNOID CYSTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31444432189     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-1123-z     Document Type: Article

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