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Functional Basis of Posterior Fossa Tumor Symptoms and Signs

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Tumors of the posterior fossa in children are usually located in the cerebellum (vermis and/ or cerebellar hemispheres), brain stem, fourth ventricle, or more rarely in the clival-cerebellopontine angle regions.

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  1. Ignacio Pascual-Castroviejo
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  1. University of Rome, “La Sapienza,”, 30 Viale dell’Università, Rome, Italy

    Anthony J. Raimondi M.D.

  2. Hôpital des Enfantes de la Timone, Rue Sainte Pierre, 13005, Marseille, France

    Maurice Choux M.D.

  3. Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacre Cuore, Largo Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy

    Concezio Di Rocco M.D.

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Pascual-Castroviejo, I. (1993). Functional Basis of Posterior Fossa Tumor Symptoms and Signs. In: Raimondi, A.J., Choux, M., Di Rocco, C. (eds) Posterior Fossa Tumors. Principles of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9299-6_2

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