Tentorial meningioma associated with pathological laughter

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 272-274

  Tsutsumi, Satoshi ^a   Hatashita, Shizuo ^a   Kadota, Yoshiaki ^a   Abe, Kazuhiro ^a   Ueno, Hideo ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY URAYASU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Brainstem; Meningioma; Pathological laughter; Tentorium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MESENCEPHALON; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PONS;

EID: 0034049965     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.40.272     Document Type: Article

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