Primary pineal malignant melanoma

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-308

  Bookland, Markus ^a,b   Anderson, W Stanley ^a   Biser Rohrbaugh, Ann ^a   Jallo, George I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracranial tumor; Pineal gland melanoma

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MELANOMA; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY PINEAL MALIGNANT MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; PINEAL GLAND;

EID: 34447328052     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103311     Document Type: Article

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