A clinical analysis of patients with primary intracranial germinomas: The relationship between proliferative potential and recurrence

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-132

  Kunishio, Katsuzo ^a,b   Matsumoto, Kengo ^a   Furuta, Tomohisa ^a   Ohmoto, Takashi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Germinoma; MIB 1; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; IFOSFAMIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032911133     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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