Diencephalic syndrome: A frequently delayed diagnosis in failure to thrive

Klinische Padiatrie

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-94

  Huber, J ^a   Sovinz, P ^a   Lackner, H ^a   Mokry, M ^a   Eder, H ^a   Urban, C ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Diencephalic syndrome; Failure to thrive; Hypothalamic chiasmatic astrocytomas

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIENCEPHALIC SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR REGRESSION; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; INFANT; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASTROCYTOMA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; INFANT; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250361534     PISSN: 03008630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-921559     Document Type: Article

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