Eighteen-year survival of a patient with malignant pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma associated with von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 420-422

  Ohta, Seiji ^a   Ryu, H ^b   Miura, K ^b  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Necrosis; Neurofibromatosis; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ADENOMA, PLEOMORPHIC; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NECROSIS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032794619     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699943583     Document Type: Article

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