MR and CT findings of craniopharyngioma during and after radiation therapy

Neuroradiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 118-122

  Hamamoto, Y ^a   Niino, K ^a   Adachi, M ^a   Hosoya, T ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; CT; MRI; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYSTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036941642     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340100684     Document Type: Article

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