Treatment of low-grade oligodendroglial tumors without radiotherapy

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2384-2386

  Higuchi, Yoshinori ^a   Iwadate, Yasuo ^a   Yamaura, Akira ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIMUSTINE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CALCIFICATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RARE DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 11144300193     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000147243.02317.28     Document Type: Article

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