Anaplastic medulloblastoma in a child with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-24

  Van Den Akker, Machiel ^a   Northcott, Paul ^a   Taylor, Michael D ^a   Halliday, William ^a   Bartels, Ute ^a   Bouffet, Eric ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Medulloblastoma; Oncology

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DEFLAZACORT; DYSTROPHIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ANAPLASTIC MEDULLOBLASTOMA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DETERIORATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE MUTATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MUTISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84863453797     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.3.PEDS11152     Document Type: Article

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