Clinical, radiologic and pathologic features and outcome following surgery for cervicomedullary gliomas in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1401-1410

  Di Maio, Salvatore ^a   Gul, Shahid M ^a   Cochrane, D Douglas ^a   Hendson, Glenda ^b   Sargent, Michael A ^b   Steinbok, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Brain tumor; Brainstem; Cervicomedullary tumor; Glioma; MRI

Indexed keywords

LOMUSTINE; PROCARBAZINE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TIOGUANINE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICOMEDULLARY GLIOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350674356     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-0956-x     Document Type: Article

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