Multiple fourth ventricular hydatidosis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-112

  Furtado, S V ^a   Visvanathan, K ^a   Nandita, Ghosal ^a   Reddy, K ^a   Hegde, A S ^a  

^a SRI SATHYA SAI INSTITUTE OF HIGHER MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Echinococcosis; Fourth ventricle; Hydatid cyst; Paediatric cestode infestation; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIECTOMY; DYSDIADOKOKINASIA; DYSMETRIA; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; CHILD; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 56949098785     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.09.031     Document Type: Article

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