Teratoma inside a myelomeningocele

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 467-471

  Habibi, Zohreh ^a   Nejat, Farideh ^b   Naeini, Parisa Emami ^b   Mahjoub, Fatemeh ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cystic mass; Hydrocephalus; Myelomeningocele; Neural tube defect; Pediatric neurosurgery; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LEG; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; PARALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEG; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250820003     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2007.106.6.467     Document Type: Article

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