Visual pathway tumor: A heterogeneous tumor with a variable clinical course

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 407-414

  Shuper, A ^a,b   Kornreich, L ^a,b   Michowitz, S ^a,b   Horev, G ^a,b   Schwarz, M ^a,b   Weitz, R ^a,b   Zaizov, R ^a,b   Cohen, I J ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Neurofibromatosis; Visual pathway tumor

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMOR; TUMOR GROWTH; VISUAL SYSTEM;

CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032858319     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/088800199276958     Document Type: Article

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