Pilomyxoid astrocytoma: A review CME

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Komotar, Ricardo J ^a   Mocco, J ^a   Carson, Benjamin S ^b   Sughrue, Michael E ^a   Zacharia, Brad E ^a   Sisti, Alexander C ^a   Canoll, Peter D ^a   Khandji, Alexander G ^a   Tihan, Tarik ^c   Burger, Peter C ^b   Bruce, Jeffrey N ^a   Vega, Charles ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 25144480889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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