Utah Population Database: A tool to study the hereditary element of nonsyndromic neurosurgical diseases

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Niazi, Toba N ^a   Cannon Albright, Lisa A ^a   Couldwell, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genealogical index of familiality; Glioma; Intracranial aneurysm; Pituitary adenoma; Relative risk; Utah population database

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIGREE; REGISTER; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PEDIGREE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK; UTAH;

EID: 76549136348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.10.FOCUS09214     Document Type: Article

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