Long-term survival in children under 3 years of age with low-grade astrocytoma

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 543-547

  Rivera Luna, Roberto ^a,d,e   Zapata Tarrés, Marta ^b,d,e   Medina Sansón, Aurora ^b,d,e   López Aguilar, Enrique ^c,d,e   Niembro Zúñiga, Ana ^a,d,e   Amador Zarco, J ^a,d,e   Marhx Bracho, Alfonso ^a,d,e   Rueda Franco, Fernando ^a,d,e   Bornstein Quevedo, Leticia ^a,d,e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^d Mexican Cooperative Group for Childhood Malignancies   (Mexico)

^e Childhood Committee for Hem/Oncology Diseases   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Brain tumors; Low grade; Outcome; Three years old

Indexed keywords

CARMUSTINE; COBALT; DACTINOMYCIN; LOMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLEEDING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COBALT THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147141002     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0287-0     Document Type: Article

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