Maturation of intracranial immature teratomas: Report of two cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 672-676

  Shaffrey, Mark E ^b   Lanzino, Giuseppe ^a   Lopes, Beatriz S ^b   Hessler, Richard B ^b   Kassell, Neal F ^b   VandenBerg, Scott R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

chemotherapy; intracranial neoplasm; prognosis; teratoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CHILD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA;

EID: 0029818421     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.4.0672     Document Type: Article

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