Acute transient cerebellar dysfunction and stuttering following mild closed head injury

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 310-313

  Yeoh, Hian K ^a   Lind, Christopher R P ^a,b,c   Law, Andrew J J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cerebellar dysfunction; Closed head injury; Neurogenic; Pediatric; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STUTTERING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACUTE DISEASE; ATAXIA; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; STUTTERING;

EID: 33644503175     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-1154-0     Document Type: Article

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