Synchronous optic and pineal pilocytic astrocytomas in a paediatric patient with neurofibromatosis type 1

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 301-305

  Ogura, Takeshi ^a   Adachi, Jun Ichi ^a   Nishikawa, Ryo ^a   Hirose, Takanori ^a   Matsutani, Masao ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neurofibromatosis type 1; Optic glioma; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Pineal body

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR BIOPSY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PINEAL GLAND;

EID: 17844375442     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083744     Document Type: Article

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