Central nervous system tumors in patients under three years of age: Treatment results of a single institute

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-94

  Varan, Ali ^a   Akalan, Nejat ^a   Söylemezoǧlu, Figen ^a   Zorlu, Faruk ^a   Yalçin, Bilgehan ^a   Akyüz, Canan ^a   Kutluk, Tezer ^a   Büyükpamukçu, Münevver ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central nervous system tumor; Ependymoblastoma; Glioma; Medulloblastoma; Young children

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; LOMUSTINE; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMOBLASTOMA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PONS GLIOMA; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOID TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHABDOID TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 32244435045     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090461     Document Type: Article

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