Prognostic limitations of the Daumas-Duport grading scheme in infratentorial neuroglial tumors in children

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 138-147

  Gilles, Floyd H ^a   Tavaré, C Jane ^a   Leviton, Alan ^b   Hedley Whyte, E Tessa ^c   Sotrel, Anna ^d   Adelman, Lester ^e   Davis, Richard L ^f   Rorke, Lucy B ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Child; Grading; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS ATYPIA; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD BRAIN TUMOR CONSORTIUM DATABASE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DATA BASE; DAUMAS DUPORT GRADING SCHEME; ENDOTHELIUM; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; NEUROGLIA; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 2642580961     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-003-6072-0     Document Type: Article

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