Low-grade astroblastoma recurring with extensive invasion: Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 450-454

  Kaji, Masatomo ^a,d   Takeshima, Hideo ^b   Nakazato, Yoichi ^c   Kuratsu, Jun Ichi ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astroblastoma; Chemotherapy; Invasion; Radiotherapy; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; METHIONINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROBLASTOMA; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN TISSUE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIPLOPIA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NECROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 33749023324     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.46.450     Document Type: Article

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