Increased height in patients with medulloblastomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 561-566

  Robertson, Scott C ^a   Ackerman, Laurie L ^a   Traynelis, Vincent C ^a   Menezes, Arnold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar astrocytoma; Growth factors; Height; Medulloblastoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH STIMULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030853541     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199709000-00010     Document Type: Article

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