Gliomatosis Cerebri: Report of 3 Cases and Review of Recent Literatures

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 890-897

  Arai, Masayuki ^a   Kashihara, Kengo ^a   Kaizaki, Yasuharu ^a   Taguchi, Motohiro ^b   Kitamura, Yoshihisa ^b  

^a Fukui Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gliomatosis cerebri; MRI; MVP; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PROCARBAZINE; RANIMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LITERATURE; MALE; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0344010537     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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