A cognitive and affective pattern in posterior fossa strokes in children: A case series

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 626-631

  Kossorotoff, Manoelle ^a,b   Gonin Flambois, Coralie ^a   Gitiaux, Cyril ^a   Quijano, Susana ^a,c   Boddaert, Nathalie ^a,b   Bahi Buisson, Nadia ^a,b   Barnerias, Christine ^a   Dulac, Olivier ^a,b   Brunelle, Francis ^a   Desguerre, Isabelle ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGITATION; ANOMIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; CRYING; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUTISM; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PLANNING; POSTERIOR FOSSA STROKE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 77954631123     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03616.x     Document Type: Article

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