Cervicomedullary astrocytomas of childhood: Clinical and imaging follow-up

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 662-668

  Young Poussaint, Tina ^a   Yousuf, Naveed ^a   Barnes, Patrick D ^a   Anthony, Douglas C ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Scott, R Michael ^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

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; METASTASIS; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032856580     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050671     Document Type: Article

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