Congenital brain tumors: Case series and review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 326-331

  Lasky, Joseph L ^a   Choi, Eun Jun ^b   Johnston, Samantha ^a   Yong, William H ^a   Lazareff, Jorge ^a   Moore, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Chemotherapy; Congenital; Neurocognitive outcomes

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; THIOTEPA; TOPOTECAN; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CELL LINEAGE; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CANCER; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FIBROMA; GLIOSARCOMA; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOMA;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41949093179     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181647bf0     Document Type: Article

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