Surgical outcomes of cerebellar tumors in children

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 220-225

  Akay, Kamil Melih ^a   Izci, Yusuf ^a   Baysefer, Alper ^a   Atabey, Cem ^a   Kismet, Erol ^a   Timurkaynak, Erdener ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Microsurgery; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MICROSURGERY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13844315473     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082295     Document Type: Article

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