Prognostic factors and results of radiation therapy in optic pathway tumors

Tumori

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 353-359

  Regueiro, Carlos Alfonso ^a   Ruiz, María Visitación ^a   Millán, Isabel ^a   De La Torre, Alejandro ^a   Romero, Jesús ^a   Aragón, Gregorio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

astrocytoma; glioma; optic chiasm; optic nerve; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029834710     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169608200411     Document Type: Article

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