Germinoma located in the basal ganglia in an 8-year-old girl

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-108

  Klein, O ^a   Voirin, J ^a   Civit, T ^a   Auque, J ^a   Marchal, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Cerebral germinoma; Chemotherapy; Children; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DESMOPRESSIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DYSTONIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ASTHENIA; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOMITING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33846415030     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0160-1     Document Type: Article

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