Remarkable regression of optic glioma in an infant: Case illustration

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1134-

  Yoshikawa, Gakushi ^a   Nagata, Kazuya ^a   Kawamoto, Shunsuke ^a   Tsutsumi, Kazuo ^a  

^a Showa General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Optic glioma; Regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION;

EID: 0037404517     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.5.1134     Document Type: Article

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