Permanent I-125 brain stem implants in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 570-577

  Chuba, Paul J ^a   Zamarano, Lucia ^a   Hamre, Merlin ^a   Bhambhani, Kanta ^a   Canady, Alexa ^a   Guys, Mary Beth ^a   Matter, Amgad ^a   Portillo, Genghis ^a   Chung Bin, Suzanne ^a   Fontanesi, James ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stem glioma; Iodine 125 implant

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; AUTOPSY; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; PONS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7844240128     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050274     Document Type: Article

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