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Multimodal electrophysiological examinations in patients suffering from various tumors of the pineal region

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Multimodal electrophysiological examinations: blink-, glabella- and masseterreflexes, as well as brain stem acoustic, somatosensory and visual evoked potentials were examined in thirteen patients with clear consciousness suffering from extraaxial, chronic, expanding processes in the tectal region. According to the data, the authors came to the conclusion that several modalities were often required to make a correct diagnosis or to the localization of the space occupying processes. Functional disturbances of the whole of the lower brain stem, but especially of the mesencephalon and of the lower pons were found in cases of expanding processes surrounding the tectum.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School, Universities of Debrecen, H-4012, Debrecen, Hungary

    G. I. Csécsei MD., PhD. & G. Székely Jr.

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Universities of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    N. Klug

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Universities of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

    P. Christophis

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Csécsei, G.I., Székely, G., Klug, N. et al. Multimodal electrophysiological examinations in patients suffering from various tumors of the pineal region. BIOLOGIA FUTURA 48, 369–376 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03543207

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