Diffuse bilateral thalamic astrocytomas as examined serially by MRI

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 384-388

  Yoshida, Maki ^a,b   Fushiki, Shinji ^a   Takeuchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Takanashi, Mami ^b   Imamura, Toshihiko ^b   Shikata, Takuma ^b   Morimoto, Akira ^b   Konishi, Kiyosaburo ^b   Miyazaki, Akihiro ^c   Sawada, Tadashi ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Maizuru Hospital   (Japan)

^c Maizuru Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral thalamic astrocytomas; Chemotherapy; Computed tomography; Diffuse astrocytoma; Hyperfractionated radiotherapy; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; AUTOPSY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 7344230484     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050250     Document Type: Article

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