Prognostic significance of type 1 neurofibromatosis (von Recklinghausen disease) in childhood optic glioma

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1114-1119

  Deliganis, Anastasia V ^a   Geyer, J Russell ^b   Berger, Mitchel S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurofibromatosis; Optic pathway gliomas; Pediatric brain tumors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RELAPSE; SURVIVAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030000982     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199606000-00010     Document Type: Article

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