Successful use of intracavitary bleomycin for low-grade astrocytoma tumor cyst

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 246-250

  Disabato, Jennifer A ^a   Handler, Michael H ^a   Strain, John D ^a   Fleitz, Julie M ^a   Foreman, Nicholas K ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Bleomycin; Cyst

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CHLORMETHINE; IOPAMIDOL; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; ATAXIA; BRAIN CYST; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; GAZE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC TECTUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STEREOTAXIS;

EID: 0033500595     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028871     Document Type: Article

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