Epidemiological study of primary intracranial tumors: A regional survey in Kumamoto Prefecture in the southern part of Japan

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 946-950

  Kuratsu, Jun Ichi ^a   Ushio, Yukitaka ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

epidemiological study; incidence; intracranial tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEURINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029895269     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.6.0946     Document Type: Article

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