Bithalamic involvement predicts poor outcome among children with thalamic glial tumors

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-35

  Reardon, David A ^a,b   Gajjar, Amar ^a,b   Sanford, Robert A ^b   Heideman, Richard L ^a,b   Walter, Andrew W ^a,b   Thompson, Stephen J ^a,b   Merchant, Thomas E ^a,b   Li, Hao ^a   Jenkins, Jesse J ^a   Langston, James ^a   Boyett, James M ^a   Kuri, Larry E ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Gliomas; Oncology, pediatric; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THALAMUS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032449090     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028681     Document Type: Article

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