Ventral foramen magnum meningiomas

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 71-80

  Arnautović, Kenan I ^a   Al Mefty, Ossama ^a,b   Husain, Muhammad ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Foramen magnum; Meningioma; Outcome; Skull base surgery; Transcondylar approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0033973511     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2000.92.1.0071     Document Type: Article

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