Posterior cranial fossa tumours in children at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
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Posterior cranial fossa tumours in children at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
BACKGROUND The management of children with posterior fossa tumours is a challenge to health care professionals worldwide. Difficulties in diagnosis especially in children less than three years is well documented. Limited diagnostic modalities and lack of awareness of the symptoms and signs as well as societal perception of children's complaints contributes to late presentation. Kenyatta Nationa...
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عنوان ژورنال: East African Medical Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0012-835X
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i5.9170