Dorsally exophytic brain stem tumors and midbrain tumors?

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 256-262

  Hoffman, Harold J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Brain stem glioma; Brain stem glioma, dorsally; Exophytic Glioma, focal mid brain

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029972270     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121048     Document Type: Article

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