Brain tumors in the mesial temporal lobe: Long-term oncological outcome

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Phi, Ji Hoon ^a   Chung, Chun Kee ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Mesial temporal lobe; Outcome; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 70349234147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.6.FOCUS09104     Document Type: Article

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