Intracranial and spinal ependymoma: Series at Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 67, Issue 3 A, 2009, Pages 626-632

  De Andrade, Fernanda Gonçalves ^a,b   De Aguiar, Paulo Henrique Pires ^a   Matushita, Hamilton ^a   Taricco, Mario Augusto ^a   Oba Shinjo, Sueli Mieko ^a   Marie, Suely Kazue Nagahashi ^a   Teixeira, Manoel Jacobsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Ependymoma; Intramedullary tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUDA EQUINE EPENDYMOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISSEMINATED CANCER; DYSESTHESIA; EPENDYMOMA; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL EPENDYMOMA; INTRAMEDULLARY SPINAL CORD EPENDYMOMA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECURRENT CANCER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 69749093473     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2009000400010     Document Type: Article

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