Perspectives in pediatric neurosurgery

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 16, Issue 10-11, 2000, Pages 809-820

  Mainprize, Todd G ^a   Taylor, Michael D ^a   Rutka, J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genetics; Molecular biology; Novel therapeutics; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CEREBROVASCULAR SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPILEPSY; GENETICS; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRICS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0033653497     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810000345     Document Type: Conference Paper

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