Craniospinal Langerhans cell histiocytosis in children: 30 Years' experience at a single institution

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-195

  Davidson, Laurence ^a,b   McComb, J Gordon ^a   Bowen, Ira ^a   Krieger, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic granuloma; Hand Sch ller Christian disease; Histiocytosis X; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Letterer Siwe disease

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VINBLASTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE LESION; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKULL DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BONE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; SPINAL DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40449092553     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/1/3/187     Document Type: Article

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