Low-grade gliomas and leptomeningeal dissemination: A poorly understood phenomenon

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 197-203

  Perilongo, Giorgio ^a   Garrè, Maria Luisa ^b   Giangaspero, Felice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain tumours; Childhood; Leptomeningeal dissemination; Low grade glioma

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GLIOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MENINGEAL METASTASIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE TUMOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0038729518     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0733-1     Document Type: Review

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