Posterior fossa brain tissue injury: Developmental, neuropsychological, and neurological consequences of brain tumors in children

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 106, 2009, Pages 271-274

  Larysz, Dawid ^a   Blamek, Slawomir ^b   Larysz, Patrycja ^a   Pietras, Katarzyna ^a   Mandera, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

cerebellum; children; Higher CNS functions; posterior fossa tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPLASTIC EPENDYMOMA; ANASTOMOSIS; ARACHNOID CYST; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FIBRILLARY ASTROCYTOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; POLAND; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 78649353409     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-98811-4_51     Document Type: Conference Paper

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