Central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors of infancy and childhood: Definition of an entity

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-65

  Rorke, Lucy Balian ^a   Packer, Roger J ^b   Biegel, Jaclyn A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor; children; medulloblastoma; primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; LOMUSTINE; THIOTEPA; VIMENTIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOID TUMOR; SURVIVAL TIME; TERATOMA;

EID: 0029934329     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.1.0056     Document Type: Article

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