Prognostic implications for gadolinium enhancement of the meninges in low-grade astrocytomas of childhood

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 88-93

  Hurwitz, Mark D ^a   Burger, Peter C ^b   Goldthwaite, Patricia T ^b   Tihan, Tarik ^b   Wharam, Moody D ^b   Fisher, Paul G ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Meninges; MRI enhancement; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGES; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035091723     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056000     Document Type: Article

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