Acute Cerebellitis Presenting as Tonsillar Herniation and Hydrocephalus

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 200-203

  Shkalim, Vered ^a   Amir, Jacob ^a   Kornreich, Liora ^a   Scheuerman, Oded ^a   Straussberg, Rachel ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DOXYCYCLINE; MANNITOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLITIS; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBILLITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSIL HERNIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIURETICS; DOXYCYCLINE; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 67949100570     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.04.024     Document Type: Article

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