Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of malignant brain tumors

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 188-193

  Ram, Zvi ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Convection; Endoscopy; Gene therapy; Image guided surgery; MRI; Navigation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DRUG CARRIER; POLYMER;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TUMOR; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONVECTION; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG CARRIERS; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERS;

EID: 0033223701     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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