Holocord pilocytic astrocytoma-Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-207

  Schittenhelm, Jens ^a   Ebner, Florian H ^a   Tatagiba, Marcos ^a   Wolff, Markus ^a   Nägele, Thomas ^a   Meyermann, Richard ^a   Mittelbronn, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intramedullary astrocytoma; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Spinal cord tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; ATAXIA; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 58349089149     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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