Arachnoid cysts. Histological, embryological and patho-physiological review;Les kystes arachnoidiens: Mise au point histologique, embryologique et physio-pathologique

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 154, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 489-501

  Catala, M ^a   Poirier, J ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN ATROPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; REVIEW; ARACHNOID; BRAIN; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARACHNOID; ARACHNOID CYSTS; BRAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 0032112993     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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