Surgical pathway and management of pineal region tumours in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 433-439

  Pettorini, Benedetta Ludovica ^a   Al Mahfoud, Rafid ^b   Jenkinson, Michael D ^b   Avula, Shivaram ^a   Pizer, Barry ^a   Mallucci, Conor ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Pineal region tumours; Radiotherapy; Resection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 84878473068     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-012-1954-y     Document Type: Article

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