Delayed diagnosis in children with intracranial germ cell tumors

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1448-1453

  Sethi, Roshan V ^a   Marino, Rose ^a   Niemierko, Andrzej ^a   Tarbell, Nancy J ^a   Yock, Torunn I ^a   MacDonald, Shannon M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICIAN; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTON THERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD;

AFP; ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CNS; CSF; DI; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; GCT; GERM CELL TUMOR; HCG; HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL; MGH; MRI; NGGCT; NONGERMINOMATOUS GERM CELL TUMOR; PFS; PG; PROGRESSION-FREE SURVIVAL; PURE GERMINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PEDIATRICS; RISK; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886727844     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.06.024     Document Type: Article

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