Intracranial meningiomas in children: Report of 8 cases

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 373-375

  Alexiou, George A ^a,b   Mpairamidis, Evriviadis ^a   Psarros, Antonios ^a   Sfakianos, George ^a   Prodromou, Neofytos ^a  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Intracranial tumor, prognosis; Meningioma, children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MENINGIOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA;

EID: 49249134569     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000149903     Document Type: Article

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