Successful chemotherapy for congenital malignant gliomas: A report of two cases

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 240-244

  Tamiya, Takashi ^a,b   Takao, Soichiro ^b   Ichikawa, Tomotsugu ^b   Chayama, Kosuke ^b   Date, Isao ^b  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaplastic astrocytoma; Chemotherapy; Congenital glioma; Malignant ganglioglioma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; GADOLINIUM; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ANEMIA; ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBOPLATIN; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ETOPOSIDE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NITROSOUREA COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33646861765     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092362     Document Type: Article

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