Cyst wall enhancement in pilocytic astrocytoma: Neoplastic or reactive phenomena

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 234-239

  Beni Adani, Liana ^a   Gomori, Moshe ^b   Spektor, Sergei ^a   Constantini, Shlomi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cystic pilocytic astrocytoma; JPA; MRI; Prognosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY; BRAIN CYST; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0033798763     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028944     Document Type: Article

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