Multiple pilocytic astrocytomas of the cerebellum in a 17-year-old patient with neurofibromatosis type I

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1191-1194

  Dunn, Ian F ^a   Agarwalla, Pankaj K ^a   Papanastassiou, Alexander M ^a   Butler, William E ^b   Smith, Edward R ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Multiple pilocytic astrocytomas; Neurofibromatosis I; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548628146     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0343-4     Document Type: Article

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