Pineal region tumors in children: A single center experience

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-21

  Yazici, N ^a   Varan, A ^a   Soylemezolu F ^a   Zorlu, F ^a   Kutluk, T ^a   Akyuz C ^a   Buyukpamukcu M ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

morbidity; pineal tumors; treatment

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; LOMUSTINE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349933246     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1225341     Document Type: Article

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