Miliary brain metastases from malignant melanoma

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-24

  Rainov, N G ^a   Burkert, W ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

melanoma; miliary brain metastases

Indexed keywords

CARMUSTINE; DACARBAZINE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOMA;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029878571     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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