Cerebellar mutism: Review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-363

  Gudrunardottir, Thora ^a   Sehested, Astrid ^a   Juhler, Marianne ^a   Schmiegelow, Kjeld ^a,b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cerebellar mutism; Children; Posterior fossa surgery; Review; Speech disorder

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; NIMODIPINE;

ASTROCYTOMA; ATAXIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INJURY; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM MUTISM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; COGNITION; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DYSARTHRIA; EFFERENT NERVE; EPENDYMOMA; FLUENCY DISORDER; GLIOSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEDLINE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MESENCEPHALON; METABOLIC DISORDER; MONOAMINERGIC NERVE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUTISM; NERVE INJURY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS; TREMOR; WHITE MATTER;

CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; HUMANS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MUTISM; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 79953807779     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-010-1328-2     Document Type: Review

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