Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 109, Issue 10 , Pages 902-904 , December 2007

Olfactory colloid cyst

  • George A. Alexiou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: P.O. Box 103, Neohoropoulo, Ioannina 455 00, Greece. Tel.: +30 26510 48795; fax: +30 2651 099379.
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  • Andreas Zigouris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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  • Dimitrios Pahaturidis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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  • Ann Goussia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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  • Spyridon Tsiouris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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  • Andreas D. Fotopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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  • Panayiota Zagorianakou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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  • Spyridon Voulgaris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

Received 7 May 2007 ,Revised 4 July 2007 ,Accepted 25 July 2007.

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PII: S0303-8467(07)00203-X

doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.07.023

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 109, Issue 10 , Pages 902-904 , December 2007

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