Long-term follow-up of pediatric benign cerebellar astrocytomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-47

  Ogiwara, Hideki ^a   Bowman, Robin M ^a   Tomita, Tadanori ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Cerebellum; Prognostic factors; Recurrence; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; TOPOTECAN; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTROCYTOMA; ATAXIA; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBELLAR ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPESTHESIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NEUROIMAGING; PEDIATRICS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84856088853     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31822ff0ed     Document Type: Article

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