Calcifications of the basal ganglia in children with brain tumours

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 85-89

  Lippens, Robert J J ^a   Van Ooijen, Annemiek G W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calcifications of basal tumours; Childhood brain tumours

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY;

BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031290290     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-3798(97)80068-2     Document Type: Article

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