Falcotentorial meningioma: Surgical outcome in 14 patients

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-53

  Goto, Takeo ^a   Ohata, Kenji ^a,b   Morino, Michiharu ^a   Takami, Toshihiro ^a   Tsuyuguchi, Naohiro ^a   Nishio, Akimasa ^a   Hara, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Falcotentorial junction; Galenic system; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GALEN VEIN; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL VEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644546704     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.1.47     Document Type: Article

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