Leptomeningeal dissemination of low-grade gliomas in childhood

Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 562-566

  Civitello, L A ^a,b   Packer, R J ^a,b   Rorke, L B ^a,b   Siegel, K ^a   Sutton, L N ^a,b   Schut, L ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZIQUONE; LOMUSTINE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; TIAZOFURIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; METASTASIS; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023884843     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.38.4.562     Document Type: Article

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