Epidemiology of nervous system tumors in children: A survey of 1,485 cases in Beijing Tiantan Hospital from 2001 to 2005

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-103

  Zhou, Dabiao ^a   Zhang, Yuqi ^a   Liu, Hai ^a   Luo, Shiqi ^a   Luo, Lin ^b   Dai, Ke ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain and spinal tumors; Nervous system tumors, epidemiology; World Health Organization classification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GRADING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHINA; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; NEUROSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38749149220     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113110     Document Type: Article

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