Two unusual recurrences of intracranial germinoma

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 381-385

  Strojan, Primož ^a   Popović, Mara ^b   Petrič Grabnar, Gabrijela ^a   Župančič, Neža ^c   Jereb, Berta ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Intracranial germinoma; recurrence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BRAIN BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030035903     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880019609030845     Document Type: Article

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