Brainstem gliomas: A 10-year institutional review

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 206-214

  Farmer, Jean Pierre ^a   Montes, José Luis ^a   Freeman, Carolyn R ^b   Meagher Villemure, Kathleen ^a   Bond, Mason C ^a   O'Gorman, Augustin M ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brainstem glioma; MRI; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035000475     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056021     Document Type: Article

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