Cerebellar pontine angle ependymoma in infants

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 84-91

  Sanford, Robert A ^a,b   Kun, Larry E ^a,b   Heideman, Richard L ^a,b   Gajjar, Amar ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ependymoma; Infants; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; EPENDYMOMA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; PONS ANGLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031425110     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121232     Document Type: Article

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