Comparison of CSF cytology and spinal magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of leptomeningeal disease in pediatric medulloblastoma or primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3234-3237

  Fouladi, Maryam ^a   Gajjar, Amar ^a   Boyett, James M ^a   Walter, Andrew W ^a   Thompson, Stephen J ^a   Merchant, Thomas E ^a   Jenkins, Jesse J ^a   Langston, James W ^a   Liu, Aiyi ^a   Kun, Larry E ^a   Heideman, Richard L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032886935     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1999.17.10.3234     Document Type: Article

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