Morphological pattern and frequency of intracranial tumours in children

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 150-152

  Hanif, Ghazala ^a,b   Shafqat, Shahzad ^a  

^a KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b ALLAMA IQBAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Intracranial tumours; Medulloblastoma; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; AUTOLYSIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GANGLIONEUROMA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLIOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MIXED TUMOR; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; PAKISTAN; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; PAKISTAN; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3142670351     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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