Anterior visual pathway gliomas

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 261-279

  Thompson, Charlotte R ^a   Lessell, Simmons ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; DACTINOMYCIN; NITROSOUREA DERIVATIVE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT DISEASE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR BIOPSY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0031457267     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004397-199703740-00021     Document Type: Review

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