Diagnosis and treatment of intracranial immature teratoma

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 354-360

  Huang, Xiang ^a   Zhang, Rong ^a   Zhou, Liang Fu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gamma knife surgery; Radiotherapy; Teratoma, immature

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL IMMATURE TERATOMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOMA; THIRD VENTRICLE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449513659     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000257524     Document Type: Article

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