Value of postoperative surveillance imaging in the management of children with some common brain tumors

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 726-732

  Steinbok, Paul ^a   Hentschel, Stephen ^b   Cochrane, D Douglas ^b   Kestle, John R W ^b  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

brain neoplasm; children; computerized tomography scanning; magnetic resonance imaging; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPENDYMOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0029920540     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.5.0726     Document Type: Article

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