Intracranial teratomas in children: The role and timing of surgical removal - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 331-338

  Noudel, Rémy ^a   Vinchon, Mathieu ^b   Dhellemmes, Patrick ^b   Litré, Claude Fabien ^a   Rousseaux, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Germ cell tumor; Growing teratoma syndrome; Pediatric neurosurgery; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN TERATOMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; MENINGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; RETREATMENT; TERATOMA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERATOMA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149161286     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED.2008.2.11.331     Document Type: Article

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