Treatment outcomes and prognostic factors in patients with supratentorial low-grade gliomas

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 927, 2005, Pages 230-235

  Yeh, Shyh An ^a,b   Ho, J T ^a   Lui, C C ^a   Huang, Y J ^a   Hsiung, C Y ^a   Huang, E Y ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16344372438     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/28534346     Document Type: Article

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