Lhermitte-Duclos disease: A tumour or not a tumour

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 294-295

  Demaerel, Philippe ^a   Van Calenbergh, F ^a   Wilms, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENIGN TUMOR; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTROPHY; LETTER; LHERMITTE DUCLOS DISEASE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0141566307     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.00156.x     Document Type: Letter

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