Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: Favorable outcome after complete surgical resection

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 184-192

  Fouladi, Maryam ^a,b   Jenkins, Jesse ^a   Burger, Peter ^c   Langston, James ^a,b   Merchant, Thomas ^a   Heideman, Richard ^a,b   Thompson, Stephen ^a,b   Sanford, Alex ^b   Kun, Larry ^a,b   Gajjar, Amar ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85047682750     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/15228517-3-3-184     Document Type: Article

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