Pineal tumors and associated lesions: The effect of ethnicity on tumor type and treatment

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 307-323

  Knierim, David S ^a,c   Yamada, Shokei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL CENTRAL CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumor; Germinoma; Pineal region tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORTH AMERICA; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PINEALOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038206896     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070415     Document Type: Article

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