Congenital tumors of the central nervous system

Neuroradiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 531-548

  Severino, Mariasavina ^a   Schwartz, Erin S ^b   Thurnher, Majda M ^c   Rydland, Jana ^d   Nikas, Ioannis ^e   Rossi, Andrea ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Congenital; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neoplasms (germ celland embryonal); Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EPENDYMOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TERATOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953230743     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0699-0     Document Type: Review

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