Pediatric giant cell glioblastoma: New insights into a rare tumor entity

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-329

  Karremann, Michael ^a,b   Butenhoff, Sandra ^a   Rausche, Ulrike ^a   Pietsch, Torsten ^c   Wolff, Johannes E A ^d   Kramm, Christof M ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Giant cell glioblastoma; Glioblastoma multiforme; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649610347     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: 15235866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2008-099     Document Type: Article

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