1. Occidental-type cerebromuscular dystrophy versus congenital muscular dystrophy with merosin deficiency

   • Manuel Castro-Gago

   LETTER TO THE EDITOR Pages: 531 - 531

2. Malignant cerebellar astrocytomas in childhood Experience with four cases

   • R. Bristot
   • Antonino Raco
   • Roberto Delfini

   BRIEF COMMUNICATION Pages: 532 - 536

3. IV ventricle astrocytomas in childhood: clinicopathological features in 21 cases

   • T. Tomita
   • Pauline Chou
   • Miguel Reyes-Mugica

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 537 - 546

4. Epidemiological features of brain tumors in the first 3 years of life

   • Christian H. Rickert

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 547 - 550

5. Prenatal vitamin supplementation and pediatric brain tumors: huge international variation in use and possible reduction in risk

   • S. Preston-Martin
   • Janice M. Pogoda
   • Annie Arslan

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 551 - 557

6. Outcomes and failure patterns in childhood craniopharyngiomas

   • P. G. Fisher
   • Jima Jenab
   • Peter C. Burger

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 558 - 563

7. Combination chemotherapy (cisplatin, vinblastin) and low-dose irradiation in the treatment of pineal parenchymal cell tumors

   • M. Kurisaka
   • Masahiko Arisawa
   • Takanobu Kurashige

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 564 - 569

8. Permanent I-125 brain stem implants in children

   • P. J. Chuba
   • Lucia Zamarano
   • James Fontanesi

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 570 - 577

9. Diffuse brain stem gliomas Are we improving outcome?

   • A. Shuper
   • L. Kornreich
   • I. J. Cohen

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 578 - 581

10. Risk factors of recurrence in 157 MB/PNET patients treated in one institution

    • D. Perek
    • M. Perek-Polnik
    • S. Barszcz

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 582 - 586

11. Pilot neuropsychological findings from a treatment regimen consisting of intensive chemotherapy and bone marrow rescue for young children with newly diagnosed malignant brain tumors

    • S. A. Sands
    • Wilfred G. van Gorp
    • Jonathan L. Finlay

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 587 - 589

12. Use of adjuvant ICE chemotherapy in the treatment of anaplastic ependymomas

    • Maryam Fouladi
    • Sylvain Baruchel
    • M. L. Greenberg

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 590 - 595

13. Comparison of survival outcomes in patients with intracranial germinomas treated with radiation alone versus reduced-dose radiation and chemotherapy

    • Maryam Fouladi
    • R. Grant
    • Mark L. Greenberg

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 596 - 601

14. Prolactin-secreting macroadenoma in a prepubertal girl

    • S. Kashiwagi
    • Takafumi Nishizaki
    • Tokuhiro Ishihara

    CASE REPORT Pages: 602 - 605

15. Nonoperative treatment of cerebellar abscesses A case report and review of the literature

    • S. Spinnato
    • Carlo Mazza
    • Albino Bricolo

    CASE REPORT Pages: 606 - 609

16. Book Review

    Pages: 610 - 610