Spontaneous partial regression of low-grade glioma in children with neurofibromatosis-1: A real possibility

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 352-356

  Perilongo, Giorgio ^a,b   Moras, Paola ^a   Carollo, Carla ^a   Battistella, Antonio ^a   Clementi, Maurizio ^a   Laverda, AnnaMaria ^a   Murgia, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR REGRESSION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0032991588     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389901400602     Document Type: Article

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