Tumours of the Central Nervous System in Infancy and Childhood
Tumours of the central nervous system in infancy and childhood show so many di verse pathomorphological characteristics and present so many diagnostic problems that a congress dealing specifically with the subject and thus bringing together a wide range
- PDF / 58,248,002 Bytes
- 456 Pages / 482 x 692 pts Page_size
- 93 Downloads / 157 Views
Central Nervous System in Infancy and Childhood Edited by
D. Voth P.
Gu~ahr
C. Langmaid
With l36 Figures and 116 Tables
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 1982
Professor Dr. med. DIETER VOTH, N eurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat, LangenbeckstraBe I, D-6500 Mainz Professor Dr. med. PETER GUTJAHR, Kinderklinik und Kinder-Poliklinik, Klinikum der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat, LangenbeckstraBe 1, D-6500 Mainz Mr. CHARLES LANGMAID, 174, Lake Road East, Roath Park, Cardiff CF2 5NR, South Glam. Wales, Great Britain
ISBN-13: 978-3-642-95415-3 e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-95413-9 DOT: 10.1007/978-3-642-95413-9
LIbrary ot Congress Cataloglllg III PublIcatIOn Data Tumours of the central nervous system in infancy and childhood. Lectures given at a congress. held in Mainz. between 22 and 24 October 1981. I. Tumours in children-Congresses. 2. Youth-Disease~ongresses. I. Voth, D. (Dieter), 1935- . II. Gutjahr, P. (Peter), 1945- . III. Langmaid, C. (Charles), 1913- . [DNLM: I. Brain neoplasms-In infancy and childhood. 2. Spinal cord neoplasms-In infancy and childhood. WL 358 T926] RC281.C4 T857 1982 618.92'9928 82-10745 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under § 54 of the German Copyright Law where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to "Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort", Munich. © by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1982.
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1982 The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.
Preface
Tumours of the central nervous system in infancy and childhood show so many diverse pathomorphological characteristics and present so many diagnostic problems that a congress dealing specifically with the subject and thus bringing together a wide range of experts in the field seemed called for. The programme of the congress, . held in Mainz between 22 and 24 October 1981, was designed to provide comprehensive coverage of diagnosis and the various therapeutic procedures, as well as of basic research in the field. The various lectures given are contained in this book, which thus reflects the complete spectrum of topics discussed. The interest generated by the congress amply justified our decision to organize it. Representatives of various specialities, such as neuropathology, paediatrics, oncology, radiology, neurosurgery, paediatric surgery and neurology, and, last but not least, basic research, provided lively and interesting lectures which admittedly raised more problems than they solved. In addition to the actual papers presented, we attached considerable importance to the different opin
