Spectroscopy of untreated pilocytic astrocytomas: Do children and adults share some metabolic features in addition to their morphologic similarities?

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 801-806

  Porto, Luciana ^a   Kieslich, Matthias ^a   Franz, Kea ^a   Lehrbecher, Thomas ^a   Vlaho, Stefan ^a   Pilatus, Ulrich ^a   Hattingen, Elke ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

1H MR spectroscopy; Choline; Creatine; Pilocytic astrocytomas

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954426034     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-1062-9     Document Type: Article

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