Prognosis of cerebellar astrocytomas in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-210

  Villarejo, Francisco ^a   Belinchón de Diego, Jose Maria ^a   Gómez de la Riva, Álvaro ^b  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebellar Astrocytomas; CT; Hydrocephalus; MR; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37749020649     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0449-8     Document Type: Review

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