Role of temozolomide in spinal cord low grade astrocytomas: Results in two paediatric patients

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-179

  Chamoun, R B ^a   Alaraj, A M ^a   Al Kutoubi, A O ^a   Abboud, M R ^a   Haddad, G F ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Low grade astrocytoma; Spinal cord tumour; Temozolomide

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; DACARBAZINE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOTHERAPY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31344433708     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-005-0694-0     Document Type: Article

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