Absence of contrast enhancement on CT brain scans of patients with supratentorial malignant gliomas

Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 1371-1374

  Chamberlain, Marc C ^a   Murovic, Judith A ^b   Levin, Victor A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; CAT; CHILD; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0023729322     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.38.9.1371     Document Type: Article

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