Fetal brain tumors: A review of 154 cases

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 453-466

  Isaacs Jr , Hart ^a,b  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital brain tumors; Fetal brain tumors; Intrauterine death

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPENDYMOMA; FETAL TUMOR; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MACROCEPHALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOMA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MENINGIOMA; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; PAPILLOMA, CHOROID PLEXUS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOMA;

EID: 67649379581     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1214245     Document Type: Review

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