Management of hydrocephalus in the case with pineal region tumor

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 817-822

  Miyagi, Koicho ^a   Murakawa, Jiro ^a   Mekaru, Susumu ^a   Ogawa, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

germinoma; hydrocephalus; pineal tumor; radiotherapy; ventricular drainage; VP shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; SHUNTING; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PINEALOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 9544239342     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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