Primary intracranial germinoma involving the midbrain

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 292-295

  Matsumoto, K ^a   Tabuchi, A ^a   Tamesa, N ^a   Nakashima, H ^a   Ohmoto, T ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germinoma; Midbrain; Stereotactic biopsy

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031775706     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(98)00050-X     Document Type: Article

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