Case management of hydrocephalus associated with the progression of childhood brain stem gliomas

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 599-604

  Amano, Toshiyuki ^a   Inamura, Takanori ^a   Nakamizo, Akira ^a   Inoha, Satoshi ^a   Wu, Chun Ming ^a   Ikezaki, Kiyonobu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain stem glioma; Childhood; Hydrocephalus; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BUSULFAN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; NITROSOUREA; PROCARBAZINE; THIOTEPA; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0036863678     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0637-5     Document Type: Article

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