Pediatric Brain Tumors and Epilepsy

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-8

  Wells, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Gaillard, William D ^a,b   Packer, Roger J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; HARKOSERIDE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROSURGERY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; THROMBOCYTE DYSFUNCTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR GROWTH; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84861505697     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: 15580776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2012.02.010     Document Type: Review

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