Pediatric tumors of the central nervous system: A retrospective study of 1,043 cases from a tertiary care center in South India

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1257-1263

  Asirvatham, Jaya Ruth ^a   Deepti, A Narasimhaiah ^a   Chyne, Rila ^a   Prasad, M S N ^a   Chacko, Ari G ^a   Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^a   Chacko, Geeta ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Childhood tumors; CNS tumors; Epidemiology; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79960909236     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-011-1407-z     Document Type: Article

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