Surgical management of brain cavernomas in children

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 375-378

  Alexiou, George A ^a   Mpairamidis, Evriviadis ^a   Sfakianos, George ^a   Prodromou, Neofytos ^a  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cavernoma; Cavernous hemangioma; Surgical management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARIETAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70450171186     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000260907     Document Type: Article

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