Intracranial ependymomas: Analysis of prognostic factors in a population-based series

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 119-125

  Foreman, Nicholas K ^a   Love, Seth ^b   Thorne, Robert ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ependymoma, intracranial; Histology, ependymoma; Prognosis, ependymoma; Tumor cellularity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPENDYMOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030057201     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121027     Document Type: Article

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