Suprasellar meningioma and blindness: A unique experience in Saudi Arabia

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 320-323

  Jallu, Ashraf ^a   Kanaan, Imad ^a   Rahm, Bengt ^a   Siqueira, Edir ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

blindness; meningioma; Suprasellar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VISION;

EID: 0029887681     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0090-3019(95)00456-4     Document Type: Article

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