Practical decisions in the treatment of pediatric brain stem tumors

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-34

  Epstein, Fred ^a   Constantini, Shlomi ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Brain tumors; Children; Irradiation; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029936267     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121011     Document Type: Article

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