Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 7 , Pages 933-946 , July 2010

The spectrum of neurobehavioural deficits in the Posterior Fossa Syndrome in children after cerebellar tumour surgery

  • Coriene E. Catsman-Berrevoets

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Neurology, Erasmus University/Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Paediatric Neurology, Erasmus University/Sophia Children's Hospital, Dr. Molewaterplein 60, 3015 GJ Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
    • ,
  • Femke K. Aarsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Neurology, Erasmus University/Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology, Erasmus University/Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 29 October 2008 ,Revised 24 August 2009 ,Accepted 5 October 2009.

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