Intracranial tumors in Kuwait: A 15-year survey

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 271-277

  Katchy, Kenneth Chukwuka ^a   Mallik, Anupama Arora ^a   Al Nashmi, Nabila Mohammed ^a   Joseph, Elizabeth ^a   Alexander, Susan ^a   Al Ramadan, Abbas ^b  

^a AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Astrocytic tumors; Intracranial tumors; Meningioma; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; KUWAIT; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGIOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RHABDOID TUMOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KUWAIT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052745486     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-010-0482-4     Document Type: Review

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