Pontine atypical neurocytoma: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Swinson, Bradley M ^a   Friedman, William A ^a   Yachnis, Anthony T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Neurocytoma

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN STEM; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PARESTHESIA; PONTINE ATYPICAL NEUROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED;

BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYTOMA;

EID: 33646852975     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000210213.12847.1E     Document Type: Article

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