Palliative Care Options for a Young Adult Patient with a Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma

Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPGs) are rare but devastating brain tumors that occur primarily in children. These gliomas have poor prognoses and present options focus on palliation of symptoms and prolongation of life. Here, we present a case of a 16-year-old female diagnosed with a DIPG whos...

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Autores principales: Sison, Julian, Tran, Hung, Margol, Ashley, Tiwari, Nishant, Garcia, Karla M, Cotter, Jennifer, Kiehna, Erin, Olch, Arthur J, Wong, Kenneth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5647135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29057192
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1580

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5647135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29057192
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1580

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