Evidence for a clinically distinct new subtype of grade II astrocytomas in patients with long-term epilepsy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 340-347

  Schramm, Johannes ^a   Luyken, Cordelia ^b   Urbach, Horst ^a   Fimmers, Rudolf ^a   Blümcke, Ingmar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Ganglioglioma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONG TERM EPILEPSY ASSOCIATED TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 3543043098     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000129546.38675.1b     Document Type: Article

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