Intracraniai germinomas: Correlation of imaging findings with tumor response to radiation therapy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 713-716

  Moon, Woo Kyung ^a   Chang, Kee Hyun ^a   Han, Moon Hee ^a   Kim, In One ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033094216     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.3.10063866     Document Type: Article

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