Complete surgical resection of high-grade astroblastoma with long time survival: Case report and review of the literature

Neurocirugia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-63

  Miranda, P ^a   Lobato, R D ^a   Cabello, A ^a   Gomez P A ^a   De Aragón, A Martínez ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astroblastoma; Glial tumor; Prognosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ASTROBLASTOMA; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTROPHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 33645462219     PISSN: 11301473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1473(06)70371-2     Document Type: Article

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