Collins' law. Prediction of recurrence or cure in childhood medulloblastoma?

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-116

  Sure, Ulrich ^a   Berghorn, Wolfgang J ^b   Bertalanffy, Helmut ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Neurochirurgische Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Medulloblastoma; Prognosis; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031001149     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(97)00609-4     Document Type: Article

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