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Prächirurgische Epilepsiediagnostik
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Melanocytic tumour of the spinal dura: case presentation and review of the literature
A 55-year-old male was operated upon a cervico-thoracic primary malignant melanoma of the dura mater. The recurrence free period of 2.5 years and the clinical course of our patient justified aggressive therapy...
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Current surgical management of brain metastases
Metastatic brain tumours are among the most common surgical targets in brain surgery. Up to 40% of cancer patients develop brain metastases during the course of their disease. Lung, breast, kidney, intestine a...
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Immunohistochemical Analysis of Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptor-α, -β, c-kit, c-abl, and Arg Proteins in Glioblastoma: Possible Implications for Patient Selection for Imatinib Mesylate Therapy
Inhibition of tyrosine kinase (TK) receptors by synthetic small molecules has become a promising new therapy option in oncology. The TK inhibitor imatinib mesylate selectively targets PDGFR-α, -β, c-kit, c-abl...
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Anatomical landmarks for image registration in frameless stereotactic neuronavigation
Objective. Frameless stereotactic navigation devices require preoperative application of skin markers (SM) and planning radiography, which limits their even wider use. Therefore, we prospectively...
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Tumour blood flow and partition coefficients: correlation with grade of cerebral gliomas using xenon-enhanced computed tomography
It is possible to underestimate the grade of nonenhancing cerebral tumours on conventional contrast-enhanced MRI or CT. Differentiation of high- and low-grade gliomas by measurement of the brain-blood partiti...
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Suprasellar meningioma with expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein: a peculiar variant
A 24-year-old female presented with a 3-year history of a suprasellar and intraventricular solid midline process measuring about 3×4 cm. At surgery, this tumour was sharply delineated and of stone-like firmnes...
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