Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG): Guidelines for the management of intracranial meningioma in children and young people

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-25

  Traunecker, H ^a   Mallucci, C ^b   Grundy, R ^c   Pizer, B ^b   Saran, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood; Meningioma; Treatment; Young adults

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; HYDROXYUREA; IFOSFAMIDE; IMATINIB; MESYLIC ACID; MIFEPRISTONE; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VATALANIB; VINCRISTINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; NOTE;

EID: 38549091651     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690701842208     Document Type: Review

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