Posterior fossa ependymomas: New radiological classification with surgical correlation

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1765-1772

  U King Im, Jean Marie ^a   Taylor, Michael D ^a   Raybaud, Charles ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ependymomas; Magnetic resonance; Paediatric; Tumour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 78649331334     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-010-1251-6     Document Type: Article

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