Gliomatosis Cerebri Affecting the Entire Neuraxis

Radiographics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 247-253

  Yip, Melissa ^a   Fisch, Christiane ^a   Lamarche, Jacques B ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms, in infants and children, 10.3639

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL;

EID: 0037517001     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.231025113     Document Type: Article

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