Malignant transformation in pediatric spinal intramedullary tumors: Case-based update

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1679-1686

  Winograd, E ^a   Pencovich, N ^a   Yalon, M ^b   Soffer, D ^a   Beni Adani, L ^a   Constantini, S ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Intramedullary; Low grade gliomas; Malignant transformation; Pediatric; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARM PAIN; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BACKACHE; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEATH; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINAL INTRAMEDULLARY TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84867578010     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-012-1851-4     Document Type: Article

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