Chiasmal glioma in neurofibromatosis type I with severe visual loss regained with radiation

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 80-82

  Adams, Coleen ^a   Fletcher, William A ^b   Myles, S Terence ^b  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; OPTIC CHIASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; OPTIC CHIASM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030885990     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(97)00009-X     Document Type: Article

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