The role of neuroendoscopy in the management of tectal gliomas

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 852-857

  Javadpour, Mohsen ^a   Mallucci, Conor ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aqueductal stenosis; Glioma; Hydrocephalus; Midbrain; Neuroendoscopy; Tectum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANASTOMOSIS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER GRADING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 7744226345     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-0942-2     Document Type: Review

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