Meningeal melanocytoma

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 556-561

  O'Brien, Donncha F ^a   Crooks, Daniel ^a   Mallucci, Conor ^a   Javadpour, Mohsen ^a   Williams, Dawn ^a   du Plessis, D ^a   Broome, John ^a   Foy, Patrick ^a   Pizer, Barry ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follow up; Meningeal melanocytoma; Subtotal resection; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIPLOPIA; FATALITY; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MENINGIOMA; PAPILLEDEMA; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VASCULAR TUMOR; VOMITING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646729043     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-0019-x     Document Type: Article

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