From the Archives of the AFIP - Medulloblastoma: A Comprehensive Review with Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation

Radiographics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1613-1637

  Koeller, Kelly K ^a,b   Rushing, Elisabeth J ^a,c  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms, 153.3637; Medulloblastoma, 153.3637; Neoplasms, in infants and children, 153.3637

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINX DISORDER; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0344392287     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.236035168     Document Type: Review

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