How do the clinical features of brain tumours in childhood progress before diagnosis?

Brain and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 636-641

  Hayashi, Naoko ^a,b   Kidokoro, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Miyajima, Yuji ^a   Fukazawa, Tatsuya ^a,b   Natsume, Jun ^b   Kubota, Tetsuo ^a   Kojima, Seiji ^b  

^a ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Initial symptom; Location; Pre diagnosis symptomatic interval; Progression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MACROCEPHALY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PARESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; UNSTEADINESS; VISUAL ACUITY; VOMITING;

EID: 77955428708     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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