IV ventricle astrocytomas in childhood: Clinicopathological features in 21 cases

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 537-546

  Tomita, Tadanori ^a   Chou, Pauline ^b   Reyes Mugica, Miguel ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Brain neoplasms; Brain stem; Cerebellum; Craniotomy; Fourth ventricle; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031787107     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050269     Document Type: Article

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