Primary intracranial germ cell tumors: A clinical analysis of 153 histologically verified cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 446-455

  Matsutani, Masao ^a   Sano, Keiji ^b   Takakura, Kintomo ^b   Fujimaki, Takamitsu ^b   Nakamura, Osamu ^b   Funata, Nobuaki ^b   Seto, Terukazu ^b  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

brain neoplasm; chemotherapy; germ cell tumor; radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINBLASTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

EID: 0031024796     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.86.3.0446     Document Type: Article

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