Experience with pineal region tumors

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 63-68

  Kang, Joon Ki ^a   Jeun, Sin Soo ^a   Hong, Yong Kil ^a   Park, Chun Kun ^a   Son, Byeong Cheol ^a   Lee, Il Woo ^a   Kim, Moon Chan ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Pineal region tumor; Radiation therapy; Tumor marker

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 7144257198     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050177     Document Type: Article

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