Clinical features and minimally invasive surgery of insular lesions: Report of 42 cases

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1104-1108

  Wang, Lei ^a   Zhang, Mao Zhi ^a   Zhao, Ji Zong ^a   Meng, Guo Lu ^a   Han, Xiao Di ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Insular lesion; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN TUMOR; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 4344655308     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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