The origin of brain metastases in patients with an undiagnosed primary tumour

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-157

  Agazzi, Siviero ^a,d   Pampallona, S ^b   Pica, A ^a   Vernet, O ^a   Regli, L ^a   Porchet, F ^a   Villemure, J G ^a   Leyvraz, S ^a   Sindou, Marc ^c   Grant, Robin ^e  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b ForMed Statistical   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Brain tumours; Diagnosis; Metastases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10744226881     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0188-x     Document Type: Article

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