Ganglioglioma in a patient with Turcot syndrome

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 170-175

  Tamiya, Takashi ^a   Hamazaki, Shuji ^a   Ono, Yasuhiro ^a   Tokunaga, Koji ^a   Matsumoto, Kengo ^a   Furuta, Tomohisa ^a   Ohmoto, Takashi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Familial adenomatous polyposis coil; Ganglioglioma; Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer; Turcot syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEREDITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH POLYPOSIS; TURCOT SYNDROME;

EID: 0033962148     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.1.0170     Document Type: Article

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