The natural history of pineal cysts in children and young adults: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-166

  Al Holou, Wajd N ^a   Maher, Cormac O ^a   Murasko, Karin M ^a   Garton, Hugh J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Natural history; Pineal cyst; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76149089821     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.9.PEDS09297     Document Type: Article

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