The pilomyxoid astrocytoma and its relationship to pilocytic astrocytoma: Report of a case and a critical review of the entity

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-196

  Ceppa, Eugene P ^a   Bouffet, Eric ^b   Griebel, Robert ^c   Robinson, Chris ^c   Tihan, Tarik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pediatric glioma; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Pilomyxoid astrocytoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IMATINIB; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TRACT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYXOMA;

EID: 33845713181     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-006-9216-z     Document Type: Article

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