Birth weight and order as risk factors for childhood central nervous system tumors

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 450-455

  MacLean, Jane ^a   Partap, Sonia ^a   Reynolds, Peggy ^a,b   Von Behren, Julie ^b   Fisher, Paul Graham ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

California Cancer Registry; CCNST; CCR; Central nervous system; Childhood central nervous system tumors; CNS; HGG; High grade glioma; IGF I; Insulin like growth factor I; LGG; Low grade glioma; MB; Medulloblastoma; PNET; Primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOMA; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77955985488     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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