Infiltrative cerebellar ganglioglioma: Conventional and advanced MRI, proton MR spectroscopic, and FDG PET findings in an 18-month-old child

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 194-201

  Lobel U ^a   Ellison, D W ^a   Shulkin, B L ^a   Patay, Z ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL GROWTH; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PTOSIS;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 78651267630     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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