Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma in elderly patients may portend a poor prognosis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 476-478

  Ng, Wai Hoe ^a   Lim, Tchoyoson ^a   Yeo, Tseng Tsai ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Glioneuronal tumour; Low grade glioma; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; PXA

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGNOSIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CYTOLOGY; DYSPHASIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR CELL;

AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 39649108420     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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