Atypical central nervous system lymphoma at the cranial base: Report of four cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 613-615

  Roman Goldstein, Simon M ^a   Jones, Anthony ^a   Delashaw, John B ^b   McMenomey, Sean ^b   Neuwelt, Edward A ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS lymphoma; Extra axial

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031665263     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199809000-00119     Document Type: Article

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