Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 3 , Pages 177-182 , April 2010

Management of meningiomas

  • George A. Alexiou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: P.O. Box 103, Neohoropoulo, Ioannina 45500, Greece. Tel.: +30 26510 48795/69485 25134; fax: +30 26510 99700.
    • ,
  • Pinelopi Gogou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Aretaieio Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • Sofia Markoula

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece
    • ,
  • Athanasios P. Kyritsis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece
    • Neurosurgical Research Institute, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece

Received 18 July 2009 ,Revised 14 October 2009 ,Accepted 11 December 2009.

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