04434nam 2200565 450 991029815830332120210622214018.00-12-803007-00-12-802997-8(CKB)3710000000609540(EBL)4438753(MiAaPQ)EBC4438753(PPN)195533119(EXLCZ)99371000000060954020160322h20162016 uy| 0engrdacontentrdamediardacarrierGliomas[electronic resource] /volume editors, Mitchel S. Berger and Michael WellerAmsterdam :Elsevier,[2016]©20161 online resource (464 p.)Handbook of clinical neurology ;3rd series, volume 134Includes index.Front Cover; Gliomas; Copyright; Handbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd Series; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; Contents; Section 1: Diagnosis and treatment; Chapter 1: Epidemiology; Descriptive epidemiology; Glioma incidence by age and histologic subtype; Differences in glioma incidence by sex, ethnicity, and geographic location; Incidence of molecular subgroups of glioma; Inherited risk factors for glioma; Hereditary cancer syndromes associated with glioma risk; Genome-wide association studies of glioma; Telomere maintenance and glioma; Telomere biology and heritability of telomere length:Telomere length and risk of gliomaTelomere lengthening and cancer; Environmental and developmental risk factors; Allergies, infections, and immunologic risk factors; Ionizing radiation; Nonionizing radiation; Other investigated but inconclusive factors; Patient survival following diagnosis; Associations with age, tumor subtype, and treatment; Prognostic markers; Conclusions; Gene abbreviations used; References; Chapter 2: Presenting Signs and Symptoms in Brain Tumors; Introduction; Generalized Symptoms And signs; Headache; Nausea and Vomiting; Altered Mental Status; Papilledema; SeizureClinical Features of Increased Intracranial PressureCSF Obstruction; Herniation Syndromes; Localizing Symptoms and Signs of Intracranial Neoplasms; Invasion From The skull; Frontal-lobe Tumors; General Features; Temporal-lobe Tumors; General Features; Seizures; Visual Deficits; Dysphasia; Cognitive and Memory Dysfunction; Parietal-lobe Tumors; Seizure; Sensory Abnormalities; Visual Disturbances; Dyspraxia; Dysphasia; Occipital Tumors; Diencephalic Tumors; Pineal-region Tumors; Mesencephalic Tumors; Pontine Tumors; Cerebellar Tumors; Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors; Medullary TumorsSpinal Cord TumorsReferences; Chapter 3: Neuroimaging; Introduction; Conventional MRI in Glioma; Astrocytic Tumors; Diffuse low-grade Astrocytoma; Anaplastic Astrocytoma; Glioblastoma; Oligodendroglial Tumors; Oligodendroglioma; Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma; Ependymal Tumors; Ependymoma; Subependymoma; Neuronal Tumors; Ganglioglioma; Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial tumor; Central Neurocytoma; Advanced MRI Techniques; Diffusion-weighted Imaging; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; MR Perfusion ImagingDynamic contrast-enhanced Imaging TechniquesDynamic Susceptibility contrast-enhanced Mri (Dsce-MRI); Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI; Dynamic contrast-enhanced CT; Arterial Spin Labeling; Clinical Applications of MRI; Distinguishing Glioma From Other Lesions; Distinguishing Glioma From a Solitary Metastasis; Distinguishing Glioma From Cerebral Abscess; Distinguishing Glioma From Inflammatory Lesions; Distinguishing Glioma From Lymphoma; Grading Glioma and Identifying Histologic Subtypes; Identifying Malignant Transformation In LGG; Treatment Planning; Surgical Guidance; Radiotherapy GuidanceMeasuring and Predicting Therapeutic ResponseHandbook of clinical neurology ;34d ser., v. 134.GliomasGliomaNeurologyNeurologyGliomas.Glioma.Neurology.Neurology.Berger Mitchel871096Berger Mitchel S.Weller MichaelMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910298158303321Gliomas1944556UNINA