Echinococcus alveolaris: Presenting as a cerebral metastasis

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 448-451

  Ozdemir, Nuriye Guzin ^a   Kurt, All ^a   Binici, Dogan Nasir ^a   Ozsoy, Kerem Mazhar ^a  

^a Erzurum Central Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral metastasis; Echinococcus alveolaris; MRI; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866003112     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149JTN.2522-10.2     Document Type: Article

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