Optic chiasm astrocytomas of childhood

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 121-128

  Medlock, Michael D ^a   Madsen, Joseph R ^a   Barnes, Patrick D ^a   Anthony, Douglas S ^a   Cohen, Laurie E ^a   Scott, R Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Chiasm; Diencephalon; Glioma; Hypothalamus; Optic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIC CHIASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OPTIC CHIASM;

EID: 0031409482     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121239     Document Type: Article

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