Individualized treatment of pediatric craniopharyngiomas

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 649-654

  Albright, A Leland ^a,b   Hadjipanayis, Costas G ^a,b   Lunsford, L Dade ^a,b   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a,b   Pollack, Ian F ^a,b   Adelson, P David ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

32P; Craniopharyngioma; Gamma knife; Microsurgery; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS 32;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROSURGERY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MICROSURGERY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24944475287     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-1185-6     Document Type: Article

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