Gliomatosis cerebri in young patients' report of three cases and review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-25

  Landi, Alessandro ^a   Piccirilli, Manolo ^a   Mancarella, Cristina ^a   Giangaspero, Felice ^a   Salvati, Maurizio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Gliomatosis cerebri; Neurosurgery; Radiotherapy; Stereotaxic biopsy; Young patients

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79151475813     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-010-1137-7     Document Type: Review

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