Brainstem Gliomas

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 104-112

  Ramos, Ana ^a   Hilario, Amaya ^a   Lagares, Alfonso ^a   Salvador, Elena ^a   Perez Nuñez, Angel ^a   Sepulveda, Juan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; NEUROFIBROMIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN STEM GLIOMA; BRAIN SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CERVICOMEDULLARY GLIOMA; CERVICOMEDULLARY TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DORSAL EXOPHYTIC GLIOMA; ENCEPHALITIS; FOCAL TECTAL GLIOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; POSTERIOR EXOPHYTIC GLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOTHERAPY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84875527949     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: 15585034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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