Leptomeningeal dissemination in children with progressive low-grade neuroepithelial tumors

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 253-260

  Hukin, Juliette ^a   Siffert, Joao ^a   Velasquez, Linda ^a   Zagzag, David ^a   Allen, Jeffrey ^a  

^a CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CARMUSTINE; ETOPOSIDE; LOMUSTINE; MERCAPTOPURINE; NITROSOUREA DERIVATIVE; PROCARBAZINE; TAXATERE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TIOGUANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN STEM; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPTOMENINX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036788918     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/15228517-4-4-253     Document Type: Article

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