Cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma: A treatment protocol based upon analysis of 73 cases and a review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-23

  Dirven, C M F ^a   Mooij, J J A ^b   Molenaar, W M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological behaviour; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Recurrence; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLINDNESS; BRAIN VENTRICLE HEMORRHAGE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031042997     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050033     Document Type: Article

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