Benign recurrence of a cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma 45 years after gross total resection

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 341-346

  Boch, Anne Laure ^a   Cacciola, F ^a   Mokhtari, K ^a   Kujas, M ^a   Philippon, J ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebellar tumour; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

GADOTERIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0034094090     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050044     Document Type: Article

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