Intracranial cavernomas: Indications for and results of surgery

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages 245-249

  Mehdorn, H Maximilian ^a   Barth, Harald ^a   Buhl, Ralph ^a   Nabavi, Arya ^a   Weinert, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavernoma; Hemorrhage; Neuronavigation; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; THALAMUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031771967     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.38.suppl_245     Document Type: Conference Paper

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