Craniopharyngiomas of childhood: The CHLA experience

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 785-789

  Sosa, Ivan J ^a   Krieger, Mark D ^a   McComb, J Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Craniopharyngioma; Outcome; Radiation therapy; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOS ANGELES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24944527936     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-1225-2     Document Type: Article

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