Childhood medulloblastoma in northwest England 1954 to 1997: Incidence and survival

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 308-314

  Alston, R D ^a   Newton, R ^a   Kelsey, A ^a   Newbould, M J ^a   Birch, J M ^a   Lawson, B ^b   McNally, R J Q ^a  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Hyde Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HEAD TILTING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NECK MUSCLE; NYSTAGMUS; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PTOSIS; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRABISMUS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; VOMITING;

EID: 0345373808     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162203000586     Document Type: Article

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