Malignant transformation of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-71

  Nakajima, T ^a   Kumabe, T ^a   Shamoto, H ^b   Watanabe, M ^c   Suzuki, H ^d   Tominaga, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma; Malignant transformation; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

Indexed keywords

NIMUSTINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL;

EID: 29244483383     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-005-0549-8     Document Type: Article

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