Transsphenoidal Microsurgery of Sellar-parasellar Chordomas
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Sellar and parasellar abnormalities
1. Attending Physician in the Neuroradiology Department, University of São Paulo Medical School (FMRP-USP), Radiologist at Cedirp, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected]. The sellar and parasellar regions constitute an anatomically complex area comprising various important neurovascular structures within a small space. The sellar region includes the sella turcica and the pi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurologia medico-chirurgica
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0470-8105,1349-8029
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.22.141