Spontaneous regression of optic gliomas: Thirteen cases documented by serial neuroimaging

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 516-529

  Parsa, Cameron F ^a,b   Hoyt, Creig S ^c   Lesser, Robert L ^d   Weinstein, Joel M ^e   Strother, Charles M ^e   Muci Mendoza, Rafael ^f   Ramella, Marcos ^f   Manor, Riri S ^g   Fletcher, William A ^h   Repka, Michael X ^b   Garrity, James A ⁱ   Ebner, Roberto N ⁿ   Monteiro, Mario L R ^j,k   McFadzean, Robert M ^l   Rubtsova, Irina V ^m   Hoyt, William F ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Hospital Vargas de Caracas   (Venezuela)

^g MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁱ MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^j HOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^l SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^m PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

ⁿ NONE

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; VISION;

EID: 0035070021     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.119.4.516     Document Type: Article

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