Basal ganglia and thalamic tumours: An imaging approximation

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 412-425

  García Santos, José M ^a   Torres del Río, Silvia ^b   Sánchez, Ana ^b   Martínez Lage, Juan F ^c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b Diagnostic Radiology Department   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrocytomas; Basal ganglia tumours; Brain tumours; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thalamic tumours

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GANGLIONEUROMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PHYSICIAN; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; THALAMUS; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0036705018     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0606-z     Document Type: Article

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