Minimal residual calcification and recurrence after gross-total resection of craniopharyngioma in children - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 276-283

  Elliott, Robert E ^a,b   Moshel, Yaron A ^a   Wisoff, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Craniopharyngioma; Microsurgery; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CRANIOPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INFANT; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149125308     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.1.PEDS08335     Document Type: Article

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