Prognostic significance of CT contrast enhancement within histological subgroups of intracranial glioma

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-170

  Lote, Knut ^a   Egeland, Thore ^a   Hager, Bjarne ^a   Skullerud, Kari ^a   Hirschberg, Henry ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Glioma; Prognostic factor; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CALCIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032434809     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006106708606     Document Type: Article

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