In this report we present aspects of the epidemiology of headache (i.e., pain in the head, face, ear, or neck) among children with brain tumors. The data are derived from the 3,291 subjects in the Childhood Brain Tumor Consortium databank. Overall, 62% of the children with brain tumors experienced c
Headache in children with brain tumors
โ Scribed by Livia N. Rossi; Franco Vassella
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 298 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0256-7040
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