Diagnostic difficulties in childhood bilateral thalamic astrocytomas

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 331-335

  Gudowius, S ^a   Engelbrecht, V ^a   Messing Junger M ^a   Reifenberger, G ^a   Gartner J ^a,b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bithalamic Astrocytoma; Encephalitis; Leigh Syndrome; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Organic Acidopathies; Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; ATAXIA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DROWSINESS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SLURRED SPEECH; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; TREMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VOMITING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; THALAMIC DISEASES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0036996532     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-37085     Document Type: Article

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