The safety and efficacy of stereotactic biopsy for intracranial lesions

Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1749-1755

  Hall, Walter A ^a,b  

^a UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^b Box 96 MAYO ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Brain neoplasm; Stereotactic biopsy; Stereotactic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0032080702     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19980501)82:9<1756::AID-CNCR23>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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