Neuroimaging of thalamic tumors in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 426-439

  Colosimo, Cesare ^a,b   di Lella, Giuseppe Maria ^b   Tartaglione, Tommaso ^b   Ricardi, Riccardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocytomas; Brain gliomas; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Oligodendrogliomas; Thalamic tumors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEUROMA; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHABDOID TUMOR; TERATOMA; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036704750     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0607-y     Document Type: Article

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