Craniopagus: The Thessaloniki-Rome experience

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 576-586

  Di Rocco, C ^a   Caldarelli, M ^a   Tamburrini, G ^a   Koutzoglou, M ^a   Massimi, L ^a   Di Rocco, F ^a   Sabatino, G ^a   Farallo, E ^a   Seccia, A ^a   Pietrini, D ^a   Valenti, M ^a   Forte, E ^a   Rollo, M ^a   Tartaglione, T ^a   Pedicelli, A ^a   Tortorolo, L ^a   Piastra, M ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anesthesiology; Conjoined twins; Craniopagus; Neuroimaging; Neurosurgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONJOINED TWINS; CRANIOPAGUS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL DEFECT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BRAIN; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; SKULL; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 4544298291     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-0976-5     Document Type: Article

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