Brain tumors in children under 3 years of age: Recent experience (1987- 1997) in 39 patients

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-26

  Sala, Francesco ^a   Colarusso, Enzo ^a   Mazza, Carlo ^a   Talacchi, Andrea ^a   Bricolo, Albino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Infancy; Prognostic factors; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032719368     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028826     Document Type: Article

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