Gliomatosis cerebri with favorable outcome in a child: A case report;Gliomatose cerebral na infância com evolução favorável: Relato de caso

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 463-466

  Da Costa Val Filho, José Aloysio ^a,b,c   Avelar, Lucília Graciano Silva ^a  

^a Hospital da Polícia Militar   (Brazil)

^b BIOCOR INSTITUTO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Peru)

Author keywords

Central nervous system tumor; Gliomatosis cerebri; Hydrocephalus; Neurooncology

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLIOMATOSIS CEREBRI; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PARAPLEGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56049110534     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1824     Document Type: Article

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