Initial signs and symptoms of brain tumors in children;Síntomas y signos iniciales de los tumores cerebrales pediátricos

Neurologia

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 215-219

  Vázquez Román, Sara ^a   Martinez Anton A ^a   Llorente Otones, L ^a   Rojo Conejo, P ^a   Hinojosa Bernal, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Diagnosis; Primary brain tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 46049103851     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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