Surgical considerations for 'intrinsic' brainstem gliomas: Proposal of a modification in classification

Neurology India

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 274-281

  Mehta, V ^a   Chandra, P ^b   Singh, Pankaj ^b   Garg, Ajay ^b   Rath, G ^b  

^a Paras Hospitals   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Focal; Gliomas; Intrinsic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651177723     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.53272     Document Type: Article

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