Astroblastoma - A case report of a rare neuroepithelial tumor with complete remission after chemotherapy

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 301-306

  Bergkasa M ^a   Sundstrom S ^b   Gulati, S ^a,b   Torp, S H ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Chemotherapy; Glioma; Immunohistochemistry; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

LOMUSTINE; PROCARBAZINE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTROBLASTOMA; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOPENIA; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR REGRESSION; BRAIN TUMOR;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; SEIZURES;

EID: 84855436503     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/NP300411     Document Type: Article

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