Multicentric glioblastoma multiforme determined by positron emission tomography: A case report

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-40

  Jawahar, Ajay ^a   Weilbaecher, Christina ^a   Shorter, Cedric ^a   Stout, Nancy ^a   Nanda, Anil ^a  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Multicentric glioblastoma multiforme; Positron emission tomography scan

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOSURGERY; SCINTISCANNING; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0344551889     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(03)00038-6     Document Type: Article

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