Intraventricular neurocytomas

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 483-508

  Lee, Janet ^a   Chang, Susan M ^a   McDermott, Michael W ^a   Parsa, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; LOMUSTINE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE; HEADACHE; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0346888490     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-3680(03)00064-0     Document Type: Review

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