Neuropathology and prognosis of foetal brain tumours

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 567-576

  Rickert, Christian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital brain tumour; Prenatal diagnosis; Prognosis; Teratoma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LIPOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PAPILLOMA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TERATOMA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032737547     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051120     Document Type: Article

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