Conventional MRI at presentation does not predict clinical response to radiation therapy in children with diffuse pontine glioma

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1317-1320

  Liu, Arthur K ^a   Brandon, Jonathan ^b   Foreman, Nicholas K ^b   Fenton, Laura Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Diffuse pontine glioma; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSE PONTINE GLIOMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71349088297     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1368-5     Document Type: Article

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