Operative Techniques for Tumors in the Third Ventricle

Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 205-214

  Oi, Shizuo ^a   Samii, Amir ^b   Samii, Madjid ^b  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; STANDARD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0345825796     PISSN: 1092440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otns.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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