Germinoma involving the basal ganglia in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-78

  Wong, Tai Tong ^a   Chen, Y W ^a   Guo, Wan Yuo ^a   Chang, Kai Ping ^a   Ho, Donald M ^a   Yen, Sang Hue ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Children; Germinoma; Intracranial

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; TUMOR MARKER; VINBLASTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPHAGIA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERSALIVATION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LETHARGY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CORPUS STRIATUM; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PINEAL GLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 36549055183     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0495-2     Document Type: Article

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