EPI-04DOES DIAGNOSTIC DELAY AFFECT MORBIDITY IN CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH BRAIN TUMOURS?

Brain Tumours in Children

Brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumours (malignant and non-malignant) are the second most common group of cancers in children, accounting for a quarter of all childhood cancers. In the UK, brain tumours occur in about 5 per 100,000 of children between the ages of 0-9 years. The largest subgroup is astrocytoma (43% of all brain and CNS tumours in children). Astrocytomas are diagnosed thro...

Brain Tumours in Children

Brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumours (malignant and non-malignant) are the second most common group of cancers in children, accounting for a quarter of all childhood cancers. In the UK, brain tumours occur in about 5 per 100,000 of children between the ages of 0-9 years. The largest subgroup is astrocytoma (43% of all brain and CNS tumours in children). Astrocytomas are diagnosed thro...

Brain Tumours in Children

Brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumours (malignant and non-malignant) are the second most common group of cancers in children, accounting for a quarter of all childhood cancers. In the UK, brain tumours occur in about 5 per 100,000 of children between the ages of 0-9 years. The largest subgroup is astrocytoma (43% of all brain and CNS tumours in children). Astrocytomas are diagnosed thro...

Lag time for children with brain tumours.

Auditory Brainstem Response Wave Amplitude Characteristics as a Diagnostic Tool in Children with Speech Delay with Unknown Causes

Speech delay with an unknown cause is a problem among children. This diagnosis is the last differential diagnosis after observing normal findings in routine hearing tests. The present study was undertaken to determine whether auditory brainstem responses to click stimuli are different between normally developing children and children suffering from delayed speech with unknown causes. In this cr...