5-aminolevulinic acid-guided resection of bone-invasive meningiomas

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Puppa, Alessandro Della ^a   Scienza, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PROTOPORPHYRIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

DIAGNOSTIC USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NOTE; SKULL BASE TUMOR;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84888259075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.6.FOCUS12236     Document Type: Letter

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