Primary melanocytic lesions of the CNS: Report of five cases

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 146-153

  Freudenstein, Dirk ^a   Wagner, A ^a   Bornemann, A ^a   Ernemann, U ^a   Bauer, T ^a   Duffner, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CNS melanoma; Primary CNS tumours; Review; Therapy

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; NIMUSTINE; TENIPOSIDE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA; NEUROSURGERY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344652910     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-816266     Document Type: Review

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