Management of pediatric brain tumors

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 116-136

  Pollack, Ian F ^a   Albright, A Leland ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Childhood; Diagnosis; Glioma; Medulloblastoma; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BRAIN CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EPENDYMOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029929591     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013414-199606000-00005     Document Type: Review

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