Management of intrinsic gliomas of the tectal plate in children

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 170-176

  Grant, Gerald A ^a   Avellino, Anthony M ^a   Loeser, John D ^a   Ellenbogen, Richard G ^a   Berger, Mitchel S ^b   Roberts, Theodore S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Low grade glioma; Tectal plate tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREMOR; VOMITING;

EID: 0033382903     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028857     Document Type: Article

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