Desmoplastic cerebral astrocytoma of infancy: Report and review of the imaging characteristics

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1459-1461

  Serra, Alexander ^a   Strain, John ^b   Ruyle, Stephanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0029943461     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.166.6.8633464     Document Type: Article

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