Unusual dissemination patterns of low-grade astrocytomas in childhood

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-49

  Rondinelli, Patricia Imperatriz Porto ^a   Osório, Carlos Alberto Martinez ^a   Cohen, Marcela Pécora ^a   Novaes, Paulo Eduardo Ribeiro Santos ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astrocytomas; Brain neoplasms; Brainstem tumor; Children; Pilocytic astrocytoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 42049095923     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000100011     Document Type: Article

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