Intramedullary astrocytomas and ependymomas in the pediatric age group: A retrospective study

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 776-780

  Innocenzi, Gualtiero ^a   Raco, Antonino ^b   Cantore, Giampaolo ^b   Raimondi, Anthony J ^b  

^a Neurological Mediterranean Institute   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childhood; Intramedullary astrocytoma; Intramedullary ependymoma; Prognosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030473680     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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