Prevalence of pineal cysts in children and young adults

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-236

  Al Holou, Wajd N ^a   Garton, Hugh J L ^a   Muraszko, Karin M ^a   Ibrahim, Mohannad ^b   Maher, Cormac O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pineal cyst; Prevalence; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70049098276     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.4.PEDS0951     Document Type: Article

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