Primary Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors in Children: A Report of Eight Cases and Review of the Literature

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-172

  Akyüz, Canan ^a   Köseoǧlu, Vedat ^a   Bertan, Vural ^a   Söylemezoǧlu, Figen ^a   Kutluk, M Tezer ^a   Büyükpamukçu, Münewer ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Germ cell; Intracranial; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FATALITY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS, NEUROGENIC; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0033107707     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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