Stereotactic biopsy of brain stem and posterior fossa lesions in children

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 899-903

  Valdes Gorcia J ^a,b   Espinoza Diaz D M ^a   Paredes Diaz E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^b Col del Valle ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Brain stem; Posterior fossa; Stereotactic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CYST FLUID; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MICROSURGERY; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; OBSERVATION; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TERATOMA; TUBERCULOMA;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0031669122     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050191     Document Type: Article

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