Dr. Norman Scott Litofsky MD
Neurosurgeon
One Hospital Drive Columbia MO, 65212Rating
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Dr. Norman Litofsky practices Neurological Surgery in Columbia, MO. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Litofsky 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- Antitumor effects of ajulemic acid (CT3), a synthetic non-psychoactive cannabinoid.
- Inaccuracy of Tl-201 brain SPECT in distinguishing cerebral infections from lymphoma in patients with AIDS.
- Selective retrosigmoid vestibular neurectomy without internal auditory canal drill-out: an anatomic study.
- Neural stem cells and neuro-oncology: quo vadis?
- Management of symptomatic chronic extra-axial fluid collections in pediatric patients.
- Profiling of genes expressed by PTEN haploinsufficient neural precursor cells.
- Doublecortin is preferentially expressed in invasive human brain tumors.
- Osteopontin expression in intratumoral astrocytes marks tumor progression in gliomas induced by prenatal exposure to N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea.
- Image-guided resection of high-grade glioma: patient selection factors and outcome.
- Isolated transverse process fractures: spine service management not needed.
- The relationships between depression and brain tumors.
- Salmonella brain abscess in a patient on chronic azathioprine therapy for myasthenia gravis: report of an unusual case and review of literature in the postantibiotic era.
- Metastases to Meckel's cave: report of two cases and comparative analysis of malignant tumors with meningioma and schwannoma of Meckel's cave.
- Does improving medical record documentation better reflect severity of illness in neurosurgical patients?
- Cerebral edema associated with ventricular reservoirs in two patients: a case report.
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