Malignant rhabdoid tumour of the brain

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 286-288

  Abdullah, Jafri Malin ^a   Rahman, Z A A ^c   Ariff, A R M ^a   Jaafar, H ^b   Phang, K S ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Pathology ^*

^c DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cerebral tumour; Computed tomography; Rhabdoid tumour; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MACROCEPHALY; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHABDOID TUMOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; REOPERATION; RHABDOID TUMOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3042526257     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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