Postoperative radiotherapy for ganglioglioma; report of three cases and review of the literature

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 224-227

  Ulutin, H C ^a   Onguru O ^a   Pak, Y ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ganglioglioma; Radiotherapy; Sub Total Resection

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RADIOISOTOPE TELETHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0036948197     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36202     Document Type: Article

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