Authors:
Kotecha RS, Pascoe EM, Rushing EJ, Rorke-Adams LB, Zwerdling T, Gao X, Li X, Greene S, Amirjamshidi A, Kim SK, Lima MA, Hung PC, Lakhdar F, Mehta N, Liu Y, Devi BI, Sudhir BJ, Lund-Johansen M, Gjerris F, Cole CH, Gottardo NG.
Authors notes:
Lancet Oncol. 2011 Dec;12(13):1229-39. Epub 2011 Nov 15.
Keywords:
Meningiomas, children, adolescents, meta-analysis, individual patient data, epidemiological, prognostic, therapeutic features
Abstract
The epidemiological, prognostic, and therapeutic features of child and adolescent meningioma are poorly defined. Clinical knowledge has been drawn from small case series and extrapolation from adult studies. This study was done to pool and analyse the clinical evidence on child and adolescent meningioma.
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