Low-grade gliomas of chronic epilepsy: A distinct clinical and pathological entity

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-84

  Bartolomei, Juan C ^a   Christopher, Susan ^a   Vives, Kenneth ^a   Spencer, Dennis D ^a   Piepmeier, Joseph M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic epilepsy; Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors; Gangliogliomas; Low grade astrocytomas; Low grade gliomas; Oligodendrogliomas

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TERATOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030958711     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005711321343     Document Type: Article

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