Multiple intracranial meningiomas: diagnosis, biological behavior and treatment
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Multiple intracranial meningiomas: diagnosis, biological behavior and treatment.
UNLABELLED Multiple intracranial meningiomas (MIM) are a rare pathology when not associated with neurofibromatosis. The prevalence rate of those tumors varied from 2.3 to 8.9% of all intracranial meningiomas. OBJECTIVE To present, analyze and discuss the cases of seven patients diagnosed with multiple intracranial meningiomas, describing their clinical and histological characteristics, as wel...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2008000500018