Predictors of tumor progression among children with gangliogliomas: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 461-466

  El Khashab, Mostafa ^a   Gargan, Lynn ^b   Margraf, Linda ^c   Koral, Korgun ^c   Nejat, Farideh ^d   Swift, Dale ^b   Weprin, Dradley ^b   Bowers, Daniel C ^c  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Ganglioglioma; Progression free survival

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67649095304     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.2.PEDS0861     Document Type: Article

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