Frontiers in Neurosurgery

Author(s): Yuntao Lu

DOI: 10.2174/9781681085326117040003

History and Epidemiology of Craniopharyngioma

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

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In this chapter, we firstly briefed reviewed the history and the terminology of craniopharyngioma (CP). Then with summarizing our own data based on 10 top hospitals in China and previous publications, we focused on description of the Epidemiology of craniopharyngioma (CP). And correspondingly, clinical manifestation of CP patients was depicted as well.

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