Medulloblastoma in childhood-King Edward Memorial hospital surgical experience and review: Comparative analysis of the case series of 365 patients

Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Muzumdar, Dattatraya ^a   Deshpande, Amit ^a   Kumar, Ratnesh ^a   Sharma, Ankur ^a   Goel, Naina ^a   Dange, Nitin ^a   Shah, Abhida ^a   Goel, Atul ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Medulloblastoma; posterior fossa; sitting position; surgery; tumor

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAPILLEDEMA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SHUNTING; SITTING; VOMITING;

EID: 80054815230     PISSN: 18171745     EISSN: 19983948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.85717     Document Type: Review

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