Brain damage in children in course of neoplastic diseases

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 133-137

  Da̧mbska, Maria ^a   Laure Kamionowska, Milena ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Paraneoplastic cerebellopathy; Postchemotherapeutic brain lesions

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033257595     PISSN: 00283894     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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