Presenting signs and symptoms of central nervous system tumors according to age;Clínica de presentación de los tumores de sistema nervioso central en función de la edad

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-120

  Coserria Sanchez J F ^a,b   Garrido Ocana A I ^a   Quiroga Cantero, E ^a   Reina Gonzalez A M ^a   Amadeu Da Costa, A P ^a   Garcia Zarza N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Children; Headache; Papilledema; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CANCER STAGING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPILLEDEMA; STRABISMUS; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VOMITING;

EID: 33947418801     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13098927     Document Type: Article

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