Guidelines on management of low-grade gliomas: Report of an EFNS-EANO Task Force

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1124-1133

  Soffietti, R ^a   Baumert, B G ^b   Bello, L ^c   Von Deimling, A ^d   Duffau, H ^e   Frenay M ^f   Grisold, W ^g   Grant, R ^h   Graus, F ⁱ   Hoang Xuan, K ^j   Klein, M ^k   Melin, B ^l   Rees, J ^m   Siegal, T ⁿ   Smits, A ^o   Stupp, R ^p   Wick, W ^d  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^f CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^g KAISER FRANZ JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^h WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^j PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^k VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^l UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^m NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^o UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^p LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

genetics; low grade gliomas; neuroimaging; pathology; treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; IRINOTECAN; LAMOTRIGINE; LOMUSTINE; NITROSOUREA; PACLITAXEL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROCARBAZINE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; THIOTEPA; TOPIRAMATE; TOPOTECAN; VALPROIC ACID; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CANCER GRADING; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; ANTINEOPLASTIC PROTOCOLS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 77955817286     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03151.x     Document Type: Review

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