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Operative or endovascular treatment of ruptured intracranial vertebral artery aneurysms?
Our purpose was to evaluate the surgical and endovascular treatment outcomes of ruptured intracranial vertebral artery aneurysms (RIVAA). The outcomes of 44 patients with RIVAA treated between 1983 and 1998 s...
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Surgical Management of Intramedullary Hemangioblastoma of the Spinal Cord
This is a study on 19 patients, who underwent complete excision of an intramedullary hemangioblastoma of the spinal cord during the period 1984–1997. The study was conducted to evaluate their functional outco...
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Preoperative Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of the Motor System in Patients with Tumours in the Parietal Lobe
Intracranial lesions may compromise structures critical for motor performance, and map** of the cortex, especially of the motor hand area, is important to reduce postoperative morbidity. We investigated nin...
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Suprasellar Meningiomas – Neurological and Visual Outcome at Long Term Follow-up in a Homogeneous Series of Patients Treated Microsurgically
Most of the previously published surgical series of suprasellar meningiomas have two disadvantages: (1) patients involved were treated within a relatively long time period, making analysis more difficult, (2)...
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Intracranial germ-cell tumours — treatment results and residuals
There is only sparse information about the development of children after successful treatment for intracranial germ-cell tumours. Between January 1981 and June 1992, 26 children with intracranial germ-cell tum...
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Fourth meeting of the European Neurological Society 25–29 June 1994 Barcelona, Spain
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Cranio-cervical decompression for Chiari I malformation
We report a series of 26 patients affected by a Chiari I malformation treated at our department between 1987 and 1993. All patients underwent pre- and postoperative evaluation by magnetic resonance imaging (MR...
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Treatment of cerebral arteriovenous malformations by neuroradiological intervention and surgical resection
We present the results of a series of 105 patients with cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) who were treated by a combined protocol including endovascular occlusive measures and open surgical resection...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Optic Pathway Glioma: Management and Prognosis in 25 Surgically Treated Cases
Gliomas of the optic pathway (OPG) are quite rare. These tumors arise intracranially and account for about 1% of all intracranial tumors. About 85% of OPG present in children under the age of 15. An associatio...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Expression in Human Malignant Glioma: In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of Application of Monoclonal Antibodies to the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
Antibodies against the receptor for epidemal growth factor (EGF-R) have long been expected to turn out to be anticancer agents (Mendelsohn et al. 1988). The overexpression of EGF-R is the most constant patholo...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Spontaneous Intracerebral Hematomas: Considerations in Atypical Presentations
Spontaneous intracerebral hematomas may present with a wide range of clinical symptoms and neuroradiological appearances. Upon presentation of a patient with an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) it needs to be de...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Prä- und postoperative MEP-Verlaufsuntersuchungen bei intramedullären Prozessen
Seit die magnetische transkranielle Stimulation des Motorkortex in unserer Abteilung eingeführt wurde, steht uns eine neue Möglichkeit der perioperativen Monitorisierung für Patienten mit intramedullären Proze...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Analysis of Growth Regulatory Pathways in Human Neuro-Oncology
Considering the therapies which are available today for human gliomas, the most promising new developments are to be expected from advances in the understanding of glial cell biology together with the technica...
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Abstracts for the Tenth International Conference on Brain Tumour Research and Therapy
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Treatment of tumours of the pineal region and posterior part of the third ventricle
The evaluation of tumours located in the posterior part of the third ventricle or pineal region is achieved best by magnet resonance imaging (MRI). It shows the exact localization and extent, the involvement o...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Prognosis of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Prospective Study on 543 Patients
Prevention of rebleeding and cerebral vasospasm is essential for the prognosis of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Only early elimination of the re-bleeding risk permits appropriate management of SAH ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Preliminary Study of Superselective Intra-arterial Cisplatin Infusion in the Treatment of Recurrent Malignant Gliomas
Over the past 10 years, there have been a few studies of intra-arterial cisplatin (DDP) administration in patients affected by recurrent malignant intracerebral tumors [2–4, 6]. While the results were encourag...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Biologie der gliösen Hirntumoren: Experimentelle Ansätze bei der Therapie maligner Hirntumoren
Im Vordergrund der biologischen Beurteilungsproblematik der Gliome stehen derzeit im wesentlichen zwei Themenkomplexe:
Es gibt in Hinblick auf die Entwicklungslinien der un...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Cerebral Cavernous Hemangiomas: Treatment and Surgical Decisions
Advances in medical diagnostic technology have led to the diagnosis of cavernous hemangioma being made more frequently in recent years than before. Consequently, many of the earlier published series underestim...
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Antigenic staining patterns of human glioma cultures: primary cultures, long-term cultures and cell lines
The immunocytochemical staining patterns of cultured glioma cells were investigated. Fifty nine individual cases were stained at differentin vitro ages for glial fibrillary acidic protein, fibronectin, galactocer...
