Preliminary exploration of the clinical effect of bleomycin on craniopharyngiomas

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 84-94

  Jiang, Rongcai ^a,d   Liu, Zonghui ^b   Zhu, Cheng ^c  

^a Chinese PLA 254 Hospital   (China)

^b Department of Laboratory Medicine   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; Craniopharyngioma; Phosphorus 32

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHORUS 32;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; SILASTIC TUBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLEOMYCIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAVIGATION; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 0036977346     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068014     Document Type: Article

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