Pediatric central nervous system tumors: A single-center experience from 1989 to 2009

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 605-609

  Pinho, Ricardo Silva ^a   Andreoni, Solange ^a   Silva, Nasjla Saba ^a   Cappellano, Andrea Maria ^a   Masruha, Marcelo Rodrigues ^a   Cavalheiro, Sérgio ^a   Vilanova, Luiz Celso Pereira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

central nervous system; child; epidemiology; neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAZIL; CANCER CENTER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DATA ANALYSIS; EPENDYMOMA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOM; TOPOGRAPHY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAZIL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TERATOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80455132065     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31822031d9     Document Type: Article

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