Intracranial epithelioid schwannoma - A case report

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-95

  Yuen, Tanya ^a,b   Kaye, Andrew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Nerve sheath tumor; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; EPITHELIOID SCHWANNOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 0344307498     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(03)00114-0     Document Type: Article

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