Glioblastoma multiforme in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Case report and review of literature

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 375-377

  Shah, Kirit C ^a   Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Brain tumor; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; DOXORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; COBALT THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHOTREXATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 7244226294     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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