Optic pathway tumors in children

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-12

  Steinbok, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MBBS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Optic chiasm; Optic nerve; Tumor

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE;

ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; GROWTH RATE; HAMARTOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INFANT; MACROCEPHALY; MORBIDITY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; REVIEW; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING; GLIOMA;

CHILD; GLIOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038657967     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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