Status of stereotactic biopsy in children with brain stem masses: Insights from a series of 106 patients

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 360-366

  Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^a   Moorthy, Ranjith K ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Children; Glioma; Inflammatory mass; Stereotactic biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956836053     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319044     Document Type: Article

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