Bilateral germinoma of the basal ganglia

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 177-179

  Rossi, Andrea ^a   Garrè, Maria Luisa ^a   Ravegnani, Marcello ^a   Nozza, Paolo ^a   Abbruzzese, Arturo ^b   Giangaspero, Felice ^c   Tortori Donati, Paolo ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Germ cell tumors; Neuro oncology; Rare tumors

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 36849005909     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20905     Document Type: Article

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