Lhermitte-Duclos disease: First report in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 649-652

  Lee, Jiann Der ^a   Ho, Yat Sen ^a   Chen, Sieng Tsong ^a   Lin, Tzu Kang ^a   Ro, Long Sun ^a   Lee, Tsong Hai ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebellar ultrastructure; Dysplastic gangliocytoma; Immunohistochemistry; Lhermitte Duclos disease; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LHERMITTE DUCLOS DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; SYNCOPE; TAIWAN; VOMITING;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0031667926     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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