Diagnostic yield of stereotactic brain biopsy

Neurosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 142-145

  Alkhani, Ahmed M ^a   Ghosheh, Jamal M ^a   Al Otaibi, Faisal ^a   Ghomraoui, Abdulsattar H ^a   Kanaan, Imad N ^a   Hassounah, Maher I ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY;

EID: 45749130289     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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