I. Perinatal brain tumors: A review of 250 cases

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 249-261

  Isaacs Jr , Hart ^a,b,c  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FETAL TUMOR; FETUS; GLIOMA; HAMARTOMA; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROCEPHALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHABDOID TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERINATAL CARE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0036809748     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(02)00472-1     Document Type: Review

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