## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. Ependymomas account for 2% of all intracranial tumors in adults. Supratentorial ependymomas are less common than their infratentorial counterparts. To the authors' knowledge to date, the predictive values of surgery, histology, and patientβrelated prognostic factors for
Infratentorial ependymomas: prognostic factors and outcome analysis in a multi-center retrospective series of 106 adult patients
β Scribed by Jacques Guyotat; Philippe Metellus; Roch Giorgi; Marylin Barrie; Anne Jouvet; Michelle Fevre-Montange; Olivier Chinot; Anne Durand; Dominique Figarella-Branger
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 329 KB
- Volume
- 151
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6268
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