Two primary brain tumors, meningioma and glioblastoma multiforme, in opposite hemispheres of the same patient

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 589-591

  Lee, E Jian ^a   Chang, Ching Hong ^a,b   Wang, Liang Chao ^a   Hung, Yu Chang ^a   Chen, Hsing Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma multiforme; Meningioma; Primary brain tumors

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEMISPHERE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; PHAKOMATOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036744104     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.2002.1086     Document Type: Article

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