Role of MRI in the management of children with diffuse pontine tumors: A study of 15 patients and review of the literature

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 872-879

  Kornreich, Liora ^a,b   Schwarz, Michael ^a,b   Karmazyn, Boaz ^a,b   Cohen, Ian J ^a,b   Shuper, Avinoam ^a,b   Michovitz, Shalom ^a,b   Yaniv, Issac ^a,b   Fenig, Eyal ^b,c   Horev, Gadi ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

MR; Pontine tumors; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 24144452869     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-005-1502-y     Document Type: Article

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