Mixed or metachronous germ-cell tumor?

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 713-718

  Shim, Kyu Won ^a   Kim, Dong Seok ^a   Choi, Joong Uhn ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumor; Germinoma; Metachronous; Mixed germ cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOSCOPY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PINEALOMA; TEMPORAL LOBE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 34248654073     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0273-6     Document Type: Article

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