Magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of pilomyxoid astrocytoma

Neurological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 945-951

  Komotar, Ricardo J ^a   Zacharia, Brad E ^a   Sughrue, Michael E ^b   Mocco, J ^a   Carson, Benjamin S ^d   Tihan, Tarik ^c   Otten, Marc L ^a   Burger, Peter C ^e   Garvin, James H ^a   Khandji, Alexander G ^a   Anderson, Richard C E ^a,f  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pilocytic; Pilomyxoid; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOMYXOID ASTROCYTOMA; THALAMUS; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 57349176999     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313208X322806     Document Type: Article

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