Gait analysis in children treated by surgery followed by adjuvant therapy for posterior fossa tumors

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 306-310

  Fiorillo, Amedeo ^a   Rinaldi, Manuela ^a   Foggia, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Pausilipon Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Chemotherapy; Gait analysis; Posterior fossa tumors; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 79551645159     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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