Glioblastoma Multiforme in Children: Report of 13 Cases and Review of the Literature

We present clinical and histopathologic data from 13 children who underwent craniotomy for newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme. Clinical characteristics were compared to those in adult patients ( n = 403). The mean age of the children was 10.4 years. The male/female ratio was 3.3:1. The localiza...

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Published in:	Pediatric neurology Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 178 - 180
Main Authors:	Mahvash, Mehran, Hugo, Heinz-Herrmann, Maslehaty, Homajoun, Mehdorn, Hubertus Maximilian, Stark, Andreas Martin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.09.2011 Elsevier
Subjects:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Brain Neoplasms - pathology Brain Neoplasms - surgery Cell Proliferation Chemotherapy, Adjuvant Child Child, Preschool Combined Modality Therapy Craniotomy Female Glioblastoma - pathology Glioblastoma - surgery Humans Infant Kaplan-Meier Estimate Ki-67 Antigen - analysis Male Medical sciences Neoplasm Recurrence, Local Neurology Neurosurgical Procedures Pediatrics Reoperation Retrospective Studies Survival Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses Young Adult Human Case study Malignant glioma Nervous system diseases Central nervous system disease Malignant tumor Child Glioblastoma multiforme Cancer
ISSN:	0887-8994, 1873-5150, 1873-5150
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