Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma 'pilomyxoid variant' with spinal metastases

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 640-642

  Darwish, B ^a   Koleda, C ^b   Lau, H ^a   Balakrishnan, V ^a   Wickremesekera, A ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

astrocytoma; pilocytic; pilomyxoid astrocytoma; spinal metastases

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIBER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; JUVENILE PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ASTROCYTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3142779153     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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