Magnetic resonance imaging evidence of optic nerve glioma progression into and beyond the optic chiasm

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 473-475

  Walrath, Joseph D ^a   Engelbert, Michael ^a   Kazim, Michael ^a  

^a Edward S Harkness Eye Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 61449502243     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e31818beed9     Document Type: Article

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