Primary ewing's sarcoma of the skull in children utility of molecular diagnostics, surgery and adjuvant therapies

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 307-315

  Carlotti Jr , Carlos G ^b   Drake, James ^b   Hladky, Jean Pierre ^b   Teshima, Ikuko ^b   Becker, Laurence E ^b   Rutka, James T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Ewing's sarcoma; Molecular cytogenetics; Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETROUS BONE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL TUMOR;

EID: 0343851659     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028881     Document Type: Article

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