Gestational trophoblastic disease metastatic to the brain

Radiology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 277-280

  Small Jr , William ^a   Lurain, John R ^a   Shetty, Ramananda M ^a   Huang, Cheng Faang ^a   Applegate, Glenn L ^a   Brand, William N ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms, secondary; Choriocarcinoma; Therapeutic radiology; Uterine neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE;

EID: 0029973531     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.200.1.8657926     Document Type: Article

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