Optic pathway gliomas in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1: Follow-up of 44 patients

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-158

  Segal, Laura ^a   Darvish Zargar, Mahshad ^a   Dilenge, Marie Emmanuelle ^b   Ortenberg, June ^b   Polomeno, Robert C ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951698878     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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