Prenatal ultrasound and the risk of childhood brain tumour and its subtypes

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1285-1287

  Stalberg K ^a   Haglund, B ^a,b   Axelsson, O ^a   Cnattingius, S ^c   Pfeifer, S ^a,d   Kieler, H ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Childhood; Epidemiology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GERM CELL TUMOR; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 41649088823     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604284     Document Type: Article

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