Anaplastic ganglioglioma in children

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-163

  Karremann, Michael ^a,b   Pietsch, Torsten ^c   Janssen, Gisela ^d   Kramm, Christof M ^a   Wolff, Johannes E A ^e  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain cancer; Central nervous system neoplasms; Ganglioglioma; Gliomas; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANAPLASTIC GANGLIOGLIOMA; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARIETAL LOBE; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 61349169570     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-008-9747-6     Document Type: Article

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