Lhermitte-Duclos disease as a component of Cowden's syndrome. Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 776-779

  Koch, Rainer ^a   Scholz, Martin ^b   Nelen, Marcel R ^b   Schwechheimer, Karl ^b   Epplen, Joerg T ^b   Harders, Albrecht G ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebellar neoplasia; Cowden's syndrome; Lhermitte Duclos disease; Multiple hamartoma neoplasia syndrome; Tumor suppressor gene

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COWDEN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LHERMITTE DUCLOS DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHILEMMOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0033062656     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.4.0776     Document Type: Article

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