Surveillance neuroimaging in childhood intracranial ependymoma: How effective, how often, and for how long?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-32

  Good, C D ^a   Wade, A M ^a   Hayward, R D ^a   Phipps, K P ^a   Michalski, A J ^a   Harkness, W F J ^a   Chong, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Children; Ependymoma; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SPINE METASTASIS;

EID: 0034859172     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2001.94.1.0027     Document Type: Article

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