Progression from first symptom to diagnosis in childhood brain tumours

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-93

  Wilne, Sophie ^a   Collier, Jacqueline ^b   Kennedy, Colin ^c   Jenkins, Anna ^d   Grout, Joanne ^e   MacKie, Shona ^e   Koller, Karin ^f   Grundy, Richard ^f   Walker, David ^f  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Central nervous system tumour; Diagnosis; Diagnostic pathway; Symptom interval

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BACKACHE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GROWTH; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOMA; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGIOMA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SPINE MALFORMATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857045919     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-011-1485-7     Document Type: Article

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