Pineal germ cell tumors

Progress in Neurological Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue , 2009, Pages 76-85

  Matsutani, Masao ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; REVIEW;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA;

EID: 66349132807     PISSN: 00796492     EISSN: 16623924     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000210054     Document Type: Article

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