Preoperative history and postoperative survival of supratentorial low-grade astrocytomas

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 299-305

  Afra D ^a   Osztie, E ^a   Sipos, L ^a   Vitanovics, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSURGERY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cerebral; History and survival; Low grade astrocytoma; Timing of operation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033013869     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699943727     Document Type: Article

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