Intracranial meningioma with progesterone positive receptors presenting in late pregnancy

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 106-109

  Ismail, K ^a   Coakham, H B ^a   Walters, F J M ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Caesarean section; Meningioma; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CRANIOTOMY; DYSPHASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MENINGIOMA; NEURORADIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SEIZURE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0031851549     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.1998.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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