Tectal tumors of childhood: Clinical and imaging follow-up

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 977-983

  Poussaint, Tina Young ^a   Kowal, Janis R ^a   Barnes, Patrick D ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Anthony, Douglas C ^a   Goumnerova, Liliana ^a   Tarbell, Nancy J ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRETECTUM; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNTING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032470927     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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