Surgical results for meningiomas of the craniocervical junction

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1086-1095

  Samii, Madjid ^a   Klekamp, Jörg ^a   Carvalho, Gustavo ^a  

^a NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arachnoid scarring; Craniocervical junction; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029855329     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199612000-00003     Document Type: Article

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