Occurrence of basal ganglia germ cell tumors without a mass

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 789-792

  Almubarak, Salah ^a   Gan, Yee Chiung ^a   Steinbok, Paul ^a   Hendson, Glenda ^a   Poskitt, Ken ^a   Nadel, Helen ^a   Goddard, Karen ^a   Hukin, Juliette ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAHR DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATROPHY; BASAL GANGLIA; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PARESIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 67049146659     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.74     Document Type: Article

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