A mathematical model for self-limiting brain tumors

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 361-371

  Newman, William I ^a,b   Lazareff, Jorge A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Fluid flow; Low grade astrocytoma; Mathematical and computational models; Nernst mechanism

Indexed keywords

CANCER;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER REGRESSION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038640244     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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