Thalamic tumors in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 514-521

  Cuccia, Vicente ^a   Monges, Jorge ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Astrocytomas; Children; Prognosis; Surgery; Thalamic tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THALAMIC DISEASES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030667186     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050128     Document Type: Article

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