Cerebellar mutism

Brain and Language

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 327-333

  Küper, Michael ^a   Timmann, Dagmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dentatothalamocortical tract; Diaschisis; Dysarthria; Medulloblastoma; Posterior fossa syndrome

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; ZOLPIDEM;

AKINETIC MUTISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBELLAR MUTISM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MUTENESS; MUTISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SPEECH THERAPY; SUPRATENTORIAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH;

DENTATOTHALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; DIASCHISIS; DYSARTHRIA; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; POSTERIOR FOSSA SYNDROME;

CEREBELLUM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MUTISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84888052414     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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