High-grade pediatric spinal cord tumors

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Merchant, Thomas E ^a   Nguyen, Duyen ^a   Thompson, Stephen J ^a   Reardon, David A ^a   Kun, Larry E ^a   Sanford, Robert A ^b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system neoplasms; Pediatrics; Radiotherapy; Spinal cord tumors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD CANCER;

EID: 0032958912     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028751     Document Type: Article

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