Management of optic pathway and chiasmatic-hypothalamic gliomas in children with radiation therapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-15

  Erkal, Haldun Şükrü ^a,b   Serin, Meltem ^a   Çakmak, Ahmet ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b A Ayranci ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chiasmatic hypothalamic gliomas; Endocrinopathy; Neurofibromatosis; Optic pathway gliomas; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSES; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030866534     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00102-3     Document Type: Article

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