Endocrine complications of pediatric brain tumors: Case series and literature review

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 165-170

  Muirhead, Sarah E ^a,b   Hsu, Elizabeth ^a   Grimard, Laval ^a   Keene, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL IRRADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC ENDOCRINE SYNDROMES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036711472     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(02)00402-2     Document Type: Article

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