Posterior cranial fossa gangliogliomas

Skull Base

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 253-263

  Safavi Abbasi, Sam ^a   Di Rocco, Federico ^b   Chantra, Kraisri ^b,c   Feigl, Guenther C ^b   El Shawarby, Amr ^b   Samii, Amir ^b   Samii, Madjid ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cerebellum; Ganglioglioma; History; Neuronal tumors; Posterior cranial fossa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 34548609360     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-984486     Document Type: Article

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