Leptomeninges as a site of relapse in locally controlled, diffuse pontine glioma with review of literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-121

  Singh, Suruchi ^a   Bhutani, Ritu ^a   Jalali, Rakesh ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Brain stem glioma; Leptomeningeal spread; Patterns of failure

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IFOSFAMIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIPLOPIA; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENINGEAL METASTASIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846417942     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0168-6     Document Type: Article

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