Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: Case report and analysis of the literature concerning the efficacy of resection and the significance of necrosis

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 822-829

  Pahapill, Peter A ^a   Ramsay, David A ^a   Del Maestro, Rolando F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Child; Disease recurrence; Glioma; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; Prognosis; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 0029887716     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199604000-00038     Document Type: Article

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