Lhermitte-Duclos disease: Literature review and novel treatment strategy

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-160

  Tuli, Sagun ^a   Provias, John P ^a   Bernstein, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b Division of Neurosurgery   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIECTOMY; FASCIA LATA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; LAMINECTOMY; LHERMITTE DUCLOS DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030939695     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S031716710002151X     Document Type: Article

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