Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome: Relation with desmoplastic medulloblastoma in infancy
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Intracranial calcifications in childhood medulloblastoma: relation to nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Medulloblastoma is one of the most common posterior fossa tumors to occur in children. Our purpose was to document the frequency, location, and time of occurrence of intracranial calcifications in cranial CT studies of children with medulloblastoma. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed cranial CT studies of 56 patients diagnosed with medulloblastoma from 1983 through 199...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11537