Gross total removal of gliomas in the pulvinar and correlative microsurgical anatomy

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 536-545

  Ishii, Ryoji ^a   Suzuki, Yasuo ^a   Watanabe, Akira ^a   Mouri, Yutaka ^a   Ishii, Norihiro ^a   Yoshii, Itaru ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glioma; Microsurgery; Microsurgical anatomy; Pulvinar; Surgical approach; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROANATOMY; PULVINAR; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PULVINAR;

EID: 0036906555     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.42.536     Document Type: Article

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