The role of surgery in low grade gliomas

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-269

  Bampoe, Joseph ^a   Bernstein, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Low grade glioma; Prognostic factors; Surgical management

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032996378     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006103010109     Document Type: Review

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