Primary intracranial germinoma in the medulla oblongata

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 448-451

  Nakajima, Hideki ^a   Iwai, Yoshiyasu ^a   Yamanaka, Kazuhiro ^a   Yasui, Toshihiro ^a   Kishi, Hiroshige ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Germinoma; Intracranial germ cell tumor; Medulla oblongata; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CANCER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; RELAPSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 0034092404     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(00)00224-X     Document Type: Article

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