Intracranial germinoma associated with Down's syndrome: Report of 2 cases

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 199-202

  Matsumura, Nobuhisa ^a   Kurimoto, Masanori ^a   Endo, Shunro ^a   Fukuda, Osamu ^a   Takaku, Akira ^a  

^a TOYAMA MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Down's syndrome; Germinoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; THALAMUS; VOMITING;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; FATAL OUTCOME; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0032438077     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028721     Document Type: Article

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