Management of pineal region tumors

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 279-298

  Pendl, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Historical perspectives; Pineal region tumor; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic biopsy; Surgical anatomy; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0036890337     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013414-200212000-00002     Document Type: Review

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