Ganglioglioma: Comparison with other low-grade brain tumors

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 64, Issue 3 A, 2006, Pages 613-618

  Brainer Lima, Paulo Thadeu ^b   Brainer Lima, Alessandra Mertens ^b   Azevedo Filho, Hildo Rocha ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ganglioglioma; Low grade brain tumors; Refractory epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; ONSET AGE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749511042     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2006000400018     Document Type: Article

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