Surgical management of cervicomedullary and dorsally exophytic brain stem tumors

Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-136

  Jallo, George I ^a   Kothbauer, Karl F ^a   Epstein, Fred J ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; GLIOMA; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033913997     PISSN: 1092440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/oy.2000.6565     Document Type: Article

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