Optic pathway glioma: Outcome and prognostic factors in a surgical series

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1136-1142

  Ahn, Yong ^a   Cho, Byung Kyu ^a   Kim, Seung Ki ^a   Chung, You Nam ^a   Lee, Chang Sub ^a   Kim, I Han ^a   Yang, Sei Won ^a   Kim, Hee Soo ^a   Kim, Hyun Jib ^a   Jung, Hee Won ^a   Wang, Kyu Chang ^a  

^a Seoul National University Children's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endocrine; Hydrocephalus; Optic pathway glioma; Progression free survival; Radical removal; Radiotherapy; Vision

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33748128922     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0086-7     Document Type: Review

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