SEVERAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES have been used for the treatment of syringomyelia
associated with Chiari I malformation at our institute. The purpose of this article is to evaluate …

The Classic transsphenoidal approach may not afford sufficient exposure for a supradiaphragmatic
tumour adjacent to the pituitary stalk. Various transcranial approaches have been …

Germ cell tumours (GCTs) of the central nervous system (CNS) encompass various histological
subtypes, and their optimal management has been the subject of debate. To indicate a …

Loss of function in the p53 tumor suppressor gene due to mutation occurs early in astrocytoma
tumorigenesis in about 30–40% of cases. This is believed to confer a growth advantage …

… Itoyama Y, Kochi M, Kuratsu J, et al: Treatment of intracranial nongerminomatous malignant
… Sawamura Y: Current diagnosis and treatment of central nervous system germ cell tumors. …

MACROSCOPIC BENIGN PINEAL cysts, according to previous reports, may preferentially
occur in the young population at the fourth decade; symptomatic pineal cysts have been found …

In this study we established the simultaneous status of TP53, p16, p14 ARF and PTEN
tumor suppressor genes in 34 randomly chosen human glioma cell lines. Nine cell lines (26.4%) …

PURPOSE: To assess the ability of multi–detector row helical computed tomography (CT) to
depict the artery of Adamkiewicz. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy patients with …

✓ This report describes a new surgical technique to improve the results of conventional
hypoglossal—facial nerve anastomosis that does not necessitate the use of nerve grafts or …

Apple simple sequence repeats (SSRs) were intergenerically applied to the characterization
of 36 pear accessions, including 19 Japanese pears (Pyrus pyrifolia), 7 Chinese pears (P. …