Visual pathway glioma: An erratic tumour with therapeutic dilemmas

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-263

  Shuper, A ^a,b,c   Horev, G ^c   Kornreich, L ^c   Michowiz, S ^c   Weitz, R ^c   Zaizov, R ^a,b,c   Cohen, I J ^a,b,c  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Dept of Pediat Hematology Oncology ^*

Author keywords

chemotherapy; neurofibromatosis; optic glioma; radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR GROWTH; VISION;

EID: 0030888646     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.76.3.259     Document Type: Article

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