5-Year survival and clinical prognostic factors in progressive supratentorial diffuse "low-grade" astrocytoma: A retrospective analysis of 46 cases

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 2-7

  Schuurman, P R ^a,b   Troost, D ^a   Verbeeten Jr , B ^a   Bosch, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Low grade; Prognostic factors; Progressive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031036605     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01850860     Document Type: Article

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