Malignant melanoma brain metastases: Analysis of 13 cases;Melanomas metastáticos intracranianos: Análise de 13 casos

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 292-297

  Araújo, João Flávio Mattos ^a   Sperlescu, Alexander ^b   Melacci, Eduardo Barros ^b   Balbo, Roque José ^b  

^a HOSPITAL VERA CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebial metastasis; Malignant melanoma; Surgical management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031152160     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1997000200018     Document Type: Article

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