Childhood brain tumors

Pediatrics in Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 63-78

  Crawford, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ETIRACETAM; LOMUSTINE; PROCARBAZINE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TIOGUANINE; VINCRISTINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGEON; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRICIAN; RADIATION INDUCED EMESIS; SEIZURE; THERAPY EFFECT; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; VOMITING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84874076449     PISSN: 01919601     EISSN: 15263347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/pir.34-2-63     Document Type: Article

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