Recurrent malignant schwannoma of the parapharyngeal space in neurofibromatosis type 1

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 862-865

  Gallo, Andrea ^a   Suriano, Maria ^a   Simonelli, Marilia ^a   Ralli, Giovanni ^a   De Vincentiis, Marco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UP 16; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEURILEMOMA; METASTASIS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND CARCINOMA; PAROTIDECTOMY; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242637526     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130308201112     Document Type: Article

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