Spontaneous regression of optic chiasmatic glioma in pediatric patients: When to intervene

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 591-593

  Dutta, Debnarayan ^a   Chendil, V ^a   Munshi, Anusheel ^a   Gupta, Tejpal ^a   Jalali, Rakesh ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; OPTIC PATHWAY GLIOMA; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR REGRESSION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; OPTIC CHIASM;

EID: 79952380614     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.77096     Document Type: Letter

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