Infratentorial oligodendroglioma in a child: A case report and review of the literature

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 461-464

  El Ouni, Fatma ^a   Gaha, Mehdi ^a   Moulahi, Hassen ^a   Daadoucha, Abderrahmen ^a   Krifa, Hedi ^b   Tlili, Kalthoum ^a  

^a SAHLOUL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Child; Infratentorial; MRI; Oligodendroglioma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865997544     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3566-10.1     Document Type: Article

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