Microscopic stucture of the lamina terminalis: Implications for microsurgical third ventriculostomy

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 202-206

  Taraszewska, Anna ^a   Andrychowski, J ^a   Czernicki, Z ^a,b  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Histologic study; Lamina terminalis; OVLT; Third ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSURGERY; OPTIC CHIASM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AGED; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPTIC CHIASM; SEPTAL NUCLEI; THIRD VENTRICLE; TISSUE FIXATION; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 28844457734     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-836603     Document Type: Article

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