Endoscopic options in management of posterior third ventricular tumors

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1135-1145

  Roopesh Kumar, S V ^a   Mohanty, Aaron ^b   Santosh, Vani ^a   Satish, Satyanarayana ^a   Devi, B Indira ^a   Praharaj, Shanti Shankar ^a   Kolluri, Sastry V R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Pineal tumors; Posterior third ventricular tumors; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; THIRD VENTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548605449     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0371-0     Document Type: Article

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