Management of central nervous system germinoma: Proposal for a modern strategy

Progress in Neurological Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue , 2009, Pages 119-129

  Shibamoto, Yuta ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; REVIEW;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA;

EID: 66349096336     PISSN: 00796492     EISSN: 16623924     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000210058     Document Type: Article

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