Application of endoscopy for a midbrain tumor

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 182-185

  Nishikawa, T ^a   Kang, Y ^a   Lee, T ^a   Takehira, N ^a   Waga, S ^a  

^a Osaka Saiseikai Izuo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Endoscopy; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIPLOPIA; ENDOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH;

ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0042656663     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40735     Document Type: Article

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