Neuroendoscopic approach to tectal tumors: A consecutive series

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 964-970

  Oka, Kazunari ^a   Kin, Yoshiaki ^b   Go, Yoshinori ^b   Ueno, Yushi ^b   Hirakawa, Katsuyuki ^b   Tomonaga, Masamichi ^b   Inoue, Tohru ^b   Yoshioka, Susumu ^b  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral aqueduct; Glioma; Hydrocephalus; Neuroendoscopy; Tectum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; GLIOSIS; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032731598     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.6.0964     Document Type: Article

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