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Benign cerebellar astrocytoma in childhood: experience at the Hospital for Sick Children 1980–1992

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Between 1 January 1980, and 31 December 1992, 66 patients with cerebellar astrocytoma were diagnosed and treated at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. These patients ranged in age between 1 and 18 years, with a mean age of 7.3 years. Thirty-eight patients were male and 28 were female. Total removal was possible in 61 patients and no recurrence occurred in these 61 patients. In the 5 patients in whom an incomplete resection was carried out, regrowth occurred between 1 and 8 years following resection.

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  1. Division of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, M5G 1X8, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Mehdi Abdollahzadeh, Harold J. Hoffman, Susan I. Blazer, Laurence E. Becker, Robin P. Humphreys, James M. Drake & James T. Rutka

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Abdollahzadeh, M., Hoffman, H.J., Blazer, S.I. et al. Benign cerebellar astrocytoma in childhood: experience at the Hospital for Sick Children 1980–1992. Child's Nerv Syst 10, 380–383 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00335126

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