Brainstem gliomas;Gliomas del tronco encefálico

Neurocirugia

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-66

  Sousa, Pablo ^a,b   Hinojosa, J ^a   Munoz M J ^a   Esparza, J ^a   Munoz A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Diffuse; Focal; Glioma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROSURGERY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 1542510874     PISSN: 11301473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-1473(04)70502-3     Document Type: Review

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