Clinical and methodological confounders in assessing the cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome in adult patients with posterior fossa tumours

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 755-764

  Omar, Dashne ^a   Ryan, Tracy ^b   Carson, Alan ^c   Bak, Thomas H ^c   Torrens, Lorna ^d   Whittle, Ian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SULAIMANI   (Iraq)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; cerebellar tumour; Cognitive function; Posterior fossa tumour; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLAR COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE SYNDROME; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; SYNDROME; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911179939     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2014.920487     Document Type: Review

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