Laterality of brain tumors

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-138

  Inskip, Peter D ^a,g   Tarone, Robert E ^a   Hatch, Elizabeth E ^a   Wilcosky, Timothy C ^b   Selker, Robert G ^c   Fine, Howard A ^a   Black, Peter McL ^d   Loeffler, Jay S ^e   Shapiro, William R ^f   Linet, Martha S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Executive Plaza South ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Brain cancer; Brain tumors; Epidemiology; Glioma; Laterality; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENINGIOMA; MENTAL HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037219645     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068747     Document Type: Article

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