Primary brain tumours manifesting during pregnancy: Presentation of six cases and a review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 334-337

  Nishio, Shunji ^a,c   Morioka, Takato ^a   Suzuki, Satoshi ^a   Takeshita, Iwao ^a   Ikezaki, Kiyonobu ^a   Fukui, Masashi ^a   Nakano, Hitoo ^b  

^a Kyushu University   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Diagnosis; Management; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644231837     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(96)90029-6     Document Type: Article

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