Diffuse brain stem gliomas: Are we improving outcome?

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 578-581

  Shuper, A ^a,b   Kornreich, L ^a,b   Loven, D ^a,b   Michowitz, S ^a,b   Schwartz, M ^a,b   Cohen, I J ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain stem glioma; Chemotherapy; Children; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031759460     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050275     Document Type: Article

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