Acute hydrocephalus in a child with Mycoplasma Cerebellitis

Brain and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 618-621

  Gayatri, Neti ^a   Tyagi, Atul ^a   Mahadevan, Usha ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellitis; Hydrocephalus; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFOTAXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA CEREBELLITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELAPSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67849132943     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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