Cervical lymph node metastasis from a glioblastoma multiforme in a child: Report of a case and a review of the literature

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 340-343

  Jamjoom, Abdulhakim B ^a,b   Jamjoom, Zain Alabedeen B ^a   Naim Ur Rahman, ^a   Al Rikabi, Ammar C ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SECURITY FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0030733046     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1997.340     Document Type: Article

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