Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 7 , Pages 578-581 , September 2010

Paraganglioma of the filum terminale presenting with normal pressure hydrocephalus

  • Hak Young Rhee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Kyung Hee University East-West Neo Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Dae Jean Jo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kyung Hee University East-West Neo Medical Center, #149, Sangil-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 134-727, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 2 440 6169; fax: +82 2 440 7171.
    • ,
  • Jun-Hwan Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Kyung Hee University East-West Neo Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Sung Hun Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea

Received 26 June 2009 ,Revised 30 March 2010 ,Accepted 5 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.04.004

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 7 , Pages 578-581 , September 2010

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