Diagnosis of brain tumors in children

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 875-885

  Duffner, Patricia K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Headache; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; METHOTREXATE;

ANAMNESIS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPENDYMOMA; HEADACHE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447126858     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.7.7.875     Document Type: Review

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