Epidemiology of adult medulloblastoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 689-692

  Giordana, Maria Teresa ^a   Schiffer, Paola ^a   Lanotte, Michele ^b   Girardi, Paola ^c   Chio, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Novara Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032898255     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990301)80:5<689::AID-IJC10>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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