Pediatric intracranial meningiomas - Do they differ from their counterparts in adults?

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-48

  Arivazhagan, A ^a   Devi, B Indira ^a   Kolluri, Sastry V R ^a   Abraham, R G ^a   Sampath, S ^a   Chandramouli, B A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Intraventricular meningiomas; Neurofibromatosis; Pediatric intracranial neoplasms; Pediatric meningiomas

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37349078400     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000110661     Document Type: Article

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