Spontaneous recovery from a medulloblastoma by a female with Gorlin-Goltz syndrome

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-234

  Su, Chih Wan ^a   Lin, Kuang Lin ^a,b   Hou, Jia Woei ^a   Jung, Shih Ming ^b   Zen, Erh Chung ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR REGRESSION;

EID: 0038287993     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(02)00618-5     Document Type: Article

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