Patterns of neuroaxis dissemination of gliomas: suggestion of a classification based on magnetic resonance imaging findings

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 472-477

  Bordignon, Kelly Cristina ^a   Neto, Mauricio Coelho ^a   Ramina, Ricardo ^a   de Meneses, Murilo Sousa ^a   Zazula, Ana Denise ^b   de Almeida, Luiz Gustavo Morato Pinto ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGIA DE CURITIBA   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dissemination; Gliomas; High grade gliomas; Low grade gliomas; MRI; Oligodendrogliomas

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGEAL METASTASIS; METASTASIS; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBEPENDYMOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646018290     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.08.019     Document Type: Article

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