Medulloepithelioma of the Optic Nerve

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-52

  Chavez, Mauricio ^a   Mafee, Mahmood F ^a   Castillo, Bienvenido ^b   Kaufman, Lawrence M ^a   Johnstone, Helen ^a   Edward, Deepak P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c M/C 648 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; CRANIOTOMY; EVISCERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOKORIA; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0346502970     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0191-3913-20040101-11     Document Type: Article

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