Epidemiology of primary intracranial tumours in NW Italy, a population based study: Stable incidence in the last two decades

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 281-284

  Cordera, S ^b   Bottacchi, E ^a   D'Alessandro, G ^b   Machado, D ^c   De Gonda, F ^d   Corso, G ^b  

^a Aosta Hospital   (Italy)

^b UB Neurology ^*

^c Regional Hospital Aosta   (Italy)

^d Neurosurgery Ospedali   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gliomas; Incidence; Meningiomas; Primary Intracranial Tumours (PIT)

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; ITALY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; METHODOLOGY; NEURINOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE, PERIPHERAL; NEUROMA; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036194673     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150200005     Document Type: Article

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