James T. Rutka M.D.
Neurosurgeon
Lee Street Ground Floor Charlottesville VA, 22908About
Dr. James Rutka practices Neurological Surgery in Charlottesville, VA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Rutka prevents, diagnoses, evaluates, and treats disorders of the autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous systems. Neurological Surgeons are trained to treat such disorders as spinal canal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, fractures, and spinal deformities, among many others.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Anatomical and embryological considerations in the repair of a large vertex cephalocele. Case report.
- Medulloblastoma.
- Cell surface aggregation of elastin receptor molecules caused by suramin amplified signals leading to proliferation of human glioma cells.
- Confirmation of two magnetoencephalographic epileptic foci by invasive monitoring from subdural electrodes in an adolescent with right frontocentral epilepsy.
- Multiple extradural arachnoid cysts as a cause of spinal cord compression in a child. Case report.
- Molecular pathogenesis of pituitary adenomas: a review.
- Magnetoencephalographic localization in pediatric epilepsy surgery: comparison with invasive intracranial electroencephalography.
- Involution of enhancing intrinsic tectal tumors after endoscopic third ventriculostomy. Report of two cases.
- Utility of digital camera-derived intraoperative images in the planning of epilepsy surgery for children.
- Infantile hemangioendothelioma of the pericranium presenting as an occipital mass lesion. Case report.
- Oncogene amplification in medulloblastoma: analysis of a case by comparative genomic hybridization and fluorescence in situ hybridization.
- Systematic approach to dipole localization of interictal EEG spikes in children with extratemporal lobe epilepsies.
- Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull in children. Utility of molecular diagnostics, surgery and adjuvant therapies.
- Familial posterior fossa brain tumors of infancy secondary to germline mutation of the hSNF5 gene.
- Expression of p57(KIP2) potently blocks the growth of human astrocytomas and induces cell senescence.
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