Pineal tumors: Analysis of treatment results in 20 patients

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 175-179

  Amendola, Beatriz E ^a   Wolf, Aizik ^b   Coy, Sammie R ^b   Amendola, Marco A ^b   Eber, Daryl ^b  

^a Miami Neuroscience Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gamma knife surgery; Glioma; Pineal tumor; Pineoblastoma; Pineocytoma; Primitive neuroectodermal tumor; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CANCER CONTROL; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PINEOBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; PINEALOMA; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOMA;

EID: 13744254805     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.s_supplement.0175     Document Type: Article

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