Primary intracranial germ cell tumors in children: Evaluation of fourteen cases;Tumores de células germinativas intracranianos na infância: Avaliaçao de 14 casos

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 63, Issue 3 B, 2005, Pages 832-836

  Porto Rondinelli, Patrícia Imperatriz ^a,c   Martinez Osório, Carlos Alberto ^a   Lopes, Luís Fernando ^b  

^a Hospital Do Câncer   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Pediatria   (Brazil)

^c A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Germinoma; Malignant germ cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; MIXED TUMOR; PARENCHYMA; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; TERATOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR GROWTH; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

EID: 27144441121     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2005000500021     Document Type: Article

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