Acta Neurochirurgica

, Volume 156, Issue 8, pp 1493–1494 | Cite as

The usefulness of the asleep-awake-asleep glioma surgery

Letter to the editor - Brain Tumors

Keywords

Glioma Patient Semantic Processing Functional Mapping Bimanual Coordination High Cognitive Function 
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Notes

Conflict of interest

None.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of NeurosurgeryHôpital Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier University Medical CenterMontpellierFrance
  2. 2.Institute of Neuroscience of Montpellier, INSERM U1051, Plasticity of Central Nervous System, Human Stem Cells and Glial TumorsHôpital Saint Eloi, CHU MontpellierMontpellierFrance

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