On the usefulness of brain PET scanning to the paediatric neuro-oncologist

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 525-532

  Plowman, P N ^a,c   Saunders, C A B ^b   Maisey, M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Paediatric brain tumours; PET scanning; Recurrent tumour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0031461004     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699745682     Document Type: Article

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