Multicentric and multifocal primary cerebral tumours. Methods of diagnosis and treatment

Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-20

  Salvati, M ^a,b   Cervoni, L ^a   Celli, P ^a   Caruso, R ^a   Gagliardi, F M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multicentric glioma; Multifocal tumour; Multiple glioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031064542     PISSN: 03920461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02106225     Document Type: Article

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