Epidemiology of pediatric primary tumors of the nervous system: A retrospective study of 633 cases from a single Moroccan institution

Neurochirurgie

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-18

  Harmouch, A ^a   Taleb, M ^a   Lasseini, A ^a   Maher, M ^a   Sefiani, S ^a  

^a MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Child; Epidemiology; Histology; Tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPENDYMOMA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFANT; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINX; MOROCCO; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC TRACT; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PINEAL BODY; PONS ANGLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELLA TURCICA; SEX RATIO; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOROCCO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84858277339     PISSN: 00283770     EISSN: 17730619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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