Surgical outcome following resection of contrast-enhanced pediatric brainstem gliomas

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 314-322

  Lesniak, Maciej S ^a   Klem, Jack M ^a   Weingart, Jon ^a   Carson Sr , Benjamin S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pathology; Pediatric brainstem tumors; Radiology; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642496859     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075260     Document Type: Review

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