Paediatric brain-stem gliomas: MRI, FDG-PET and histological grading correlation

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 959-964

  Kwon, Jong Won ^a   Kim, In One ^a   Cheon, Jung Eun ^a   Kim, Woo Sun ^a   Moon, Sung Gyu ^a   Kim, Tae Jung ^a   Chi, Je Geun ^b   Wang, Kyu Chang ^b   Chung, June Key ^b   Yeon, Kyung Mo ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Brain stem; Children; MRI; PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 33746875546     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0256-5     Document Type: Article

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