Bilateral germinoma involving the basal ganglia and cerebral white matter

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1166-1169

  Oyama, Noriko ^a   Terae, Satoshi ^a   Saitoh, Shinji ^a   Sudoh, Akira ^a   Sawamura, Yutaka ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; TUMOR MARKER;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BILATERAL CANCER; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY;

BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 33644819434     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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