Germinoma in the fourth ventricle

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 789-792

  Yoshida, K ^a   Nakao, Y ^a   Yamamoto, T ^a   Mori, Kentaro ^a   Maeda, M ^a   Necmettin Pamir, M ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fourth ventricle; Germinoma; Medulla oblongata

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; FOURTH VENTRICLE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0141787026     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0043-0     Document Type: Article

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