Malignant glioblastomatous transformation of a low-grade glioma in a child

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1385-1389

  Unal, Ekrem ^a   Koksal, Yavuz ^a   Cimen, Omer ^a   Paksoy, Yahya ^a   Tavli, Lema ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Low grade glioma; Malignant transformation; Observation without surgery; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; LOMUSTINE; PROCARBAZINE; TIOGUANINE; VALPROIC ACID; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT SEIZURE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56349095793     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0716-3     Document Type: Article

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