Butterfly glioma of the corpus callosum

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-45

  Agrawal, Amit ^a  

^a DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Butterfly glioma; Corpus callosum; Glioblastoma; Glioma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY GLIOMA; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FATAL OUTCOME; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 62849089934     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.48769     Document Type: Article

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