Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: Report of two cases and review of the prognostic factors

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-207

  Tan, Tze Ching ^a   Ho, Luen Cheung ^b   Yu, Chung Ping ^a   Cheung, Fung Ching ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Canossa Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Glioma; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; SEIZURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 1342283123     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2003.04.003     Document Type: Article

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