1. Spinal cord astrocytomas: long-term results comparing treatments in children

   • Paul Steinbok

   LETTER TO THE EDITOR Pages: 1 - 1

2. Modern treatment strategies in medulloblastoma

   • Joachim Kühl

   BRIEF COMMUNICATION Pages: 2 - 5

3. Chemotherapy in low-grade astrocytoma management

   • M. A. Castello
   • A. Schiavetti
   • C. Cappelli

   BRIEF COMMUNICATION Pages: 6 - 9

4. Abdominal metastases of pediatric brain tumors via ventriculo-peritoneal shunts

   • Christian H. Rickert

   REVIEW PAPER Pages: 10 - 14

5. Intractable seizure disorder associated with chronic herpes infection HSV1 detection in tissue by the polymerase chain reaction

   • Venita Jay
   • Paul Hwang
   • Maria Zielenska

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 15 - 20

6. Ornithine decarboxylase in developing brain of hydrocephalic rats Effects of shunt operation

   • M. Ichikawa
   • Toshihiro Maeda
   • Jyoji Handa

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 21 - 25

7. The Surgical Isolation Bubble System and patient temperature during ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion in preterm and term newborn infants

   • H. E. James
   • Katrina G. Murphy

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 26 - 29

8. Patient satisfaction with surgical treatment of refractory epilepsy done in childhood and early adolescence

   • D. L. Keene
   • Inge Loy-English
   • Enrique C. G. Ventureyra

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 30 - 32

9. Recent advances and racial differences in therapeutic strategy to the pineal region tumor An editorial

   • Shizuo Oi

   ADVANCES IN OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES Pages: 33 - 35

10. Identical characteristics of the patient populations with pineal region tumors in Japan and in Korea and therapeutic modalities

    • S. Oi
    • Kazuhito Matsuzawa
    • Byung-Kyu Cho

    ADVANCES IN OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES Pages: 36 - 40

11. Treatment of germ cell tumors in the pineal region

    • J.-U. Choi
    • Dong-Seok Kim
    • Tae-Seung Kim

    ADVANCES IN OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES Pages: 41 - 48

12. Operative approaches to the pineal region tumors

    • M. Fukui
    • Yoshihiro Natori
    • Kiyonobu Ikezaki

    ADVANCES IN OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES Pages: 49 - 52

13. Pineal tumors: experience with 48 cases over 10 years

    • B.-K. Cho
    • Kyu-Chang Wang
    • Kil Soo Choi

    ADVANCES IN OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES Pages: 53 - 58

14. Combined treatment with chemotherapy and radiation therapy for intracranial germ cell tumors

    • Masao Matsutani
    • Keiji Sano
    • Osamu Nakamura

    ADVANCES IN OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES Pages: 59 - 62

15. Experience with pineal region tumors

    • J. K. Kang
    • S. S. Jeun
    • Moon Chan Kim

    ADVANCES IN OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES Pages: 63 - 68

16. Intracranial dural cyst

    • T. Inagaki
    • Yasuo Yamanouchi
    • Keiji Kawamoto

    CASE REPORT Pages: 69 - 73

17. Pigmented medulloepithelioma: report of a case and review of the literature

    • M. C. Sharma
    • A. K. Mahapatra
    • C. Sarkar

    CASE REPORT Pages: 74 - 78

18. Primary giant granulomatous basal meningitis: an unusual presentation of tuberculosis

    • E. Beşkonakli
    • Süleyman Çayli
    • Yildiz Yalçinlar

    CASE REPORT Pages: 79 - 81

19. Multiple intracranial aneurysms in a patient with Seckel syndrome

    • V. A. D'Angelo
    • Antonello M. P. Ceddia
    • Francesco P. Florio

    CASE REPORT Pages: 82 - 84

20. Surgically treated traumatic synchondrotic disruption of the odontoid process in a 15-month-old girl

    • M. H. T. Reinges
    • Lothar Mayfrank
    • Joachim M. Gilsbach

    CASE REPORT Pages: 85 - 87