Brain stem stroke associated with epidermoid tumours: Report of two cases

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1340-1342

  Yilmazlar, S ^a   Kocaeli, H ^a   Cordan, T ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DYSARTHRIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMAGING; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4344707942     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.029520     Document Type: Article

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