Optic-Pathway Glioma: Natural History Demonstrated by a New Empirical Score

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 432-436

  Schupper, Aviv ^a   Kornreich, Liora ^a   Yaniv, Isaak ^a   Cohen, Ian J ^a   Shuper, Avinoam ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; OPTIC TRACT; ORBIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; OBSERVATION; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 65449133483     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.12.015     Document Type: Article

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