Morphological pattern and frequency of intracranial tumors in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-162

  Mehrazin, M ^a   Yavari, P ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Children; Epidemiology; Histopathology; Location

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DEMOGRAPHY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33846095849     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0198-0     Document Type: Article

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