Central neurocytoma: A novel appraisal of a polymorphic pathology - Our experience and a review of the literature

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 286-292

  Lenzi, Jacopo ^a,c   Salvati, Maurizio ^b   Raco, Antonino ^a   Frati, Alessandro ^a   Piccirilli, Manolo ^a   Delfini, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atypia; Central neurocytoma; Chemotherapy; Intraventricular tumours; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABELING INDEX; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROCYTOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION;

EID: 33748629679     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-006-0024-x     Document Type: Review

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