Prognostic factors in infants and very young children with intracranial ependymomas

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 215-222

  Duffner, Patricia K ^a,b   Krischer, Jeffrey P ^a   Sanford, Robert A ^a   Horowitz, Marc E ^a   Burger, Peter C ^a   Cohen, Michael E ^a   Friedman, Henry S ^a   Kun, Larry E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ependymomas; Infants and young children; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPENDYMOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031709610     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028654     Document Type: Article

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