Primary pineal and meningeal malignant melanomatosis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 353-356

  Mitchell, P J ^a   Funt, S A ^a   Gonzales, M F ^a   Popovic, E A ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Meningeal melanomatosis; Pineal tumour

Indexed keywords

EID: 11544297701     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(98)90078-9     Document Type: Article

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