Pediatric primary anaplastic ganglioglioma: A case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-41

  Scoccianti, Silvia ^a   Giordano, Flavio ^b   Agresti, Benedetta ^a   Detti, Beatrice ^a   Cipressi, Samantha ^a   Franceschini, Davide ^a   Greto, Daniela ^a   Mussa, Federico ^b   Sardi, Iacopo ^b   Buccoliero, Annamaria ^b   Aric, Maurizio ^b   Genitori, Lorenzo ^b   Biti, Giampaolo ^a  

^a Universitaria Careggi   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaplastic ganglioglioma; Chemotherapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CREATINE; GADOLINIUM; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAPLASTIC GANGLIOGLIOMA; APHASIA; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LABELING INDEX; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SPEECH REHABILITATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867743674     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000340067     Document Type: Review

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