Intracranial primitive neuroectodermal tumor in an infant: A case report

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-248

  Yoshizato, Kimio ^a   Yoshioka, Susumu ^c   Tamai, Tomoharu ^a   Tsuji, Kouichi ^a   Nishio, Shunji ^b  

^a OITA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Clinical feature; Infancy; MIC2; PNET

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR MARKER; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS;

EID: 0033043189     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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