Pediatric giant cell glioblastoma: A case report and review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-289

  De Prada, I ^a   Cordobes F ^a   Azorin D ^a   Contra, T ^a   Colmenero, I ^a   Glez Mediero, I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Giant cells; Glioblastoma; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL TUMOR; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33644540158     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-1178-5     Document Type: Review

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