Delay in the Diagnosis of Pediatric Brain Tumors

American Journal of Diseases of Children

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 1986, Pages 684-686

  Flores, Lisa E ^a   Williams, Douglas L ^a   Bell, Beverly A ^a   O'brien, Mark ^a   Ragab, Abdel H ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DIAGNOSIS; DURATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; TIME FACTORS; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 0022602095     PISSN: 0002922X     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1986.02140210082031     Document Type: Article

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