Tectal plate tumors

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 64, Issue 2 B, 2006, Pages 432-436

  Lázaro, Bruno C R ^a   Landeiro, José A ^a  

^a Brazilian Air Force Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Brain stem tumors; Tectal tumors; Third ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LUNG CANCER; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRETECTUM; PROGNOSIS; TECTAL PLATE TUMOR;

EID: 33747437948     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2006000300015     Document Type: Article

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