Central nervous system tumor distribution at a tertiary referral center in Uganda

World Neurosurg. 2014 Sep-Oct;82(3-4):258-65. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.06.040. Epub 2014 Jun 19.

Authors

Jeffrey Hatef¹, Cory Adamson², Oscar Obiga³, Blessing Taremwa³, Hussein Ssenyojo³, Michael Muhumuza³, Michael Haglund², Kristin Schroeder⁴

Affiliations

¹ Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
² Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
⁴ Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Electronic address: Kristin.Schroeder@duke.edu.

PMID: 24953304
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.06.040

No abstract available

Keywords: Brain neoplasm; Developing countries; Neurosurgery; Uganda.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Central Nervous System Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Central Nervous System Neoplasms / pathology
Central Nervous System Neoplasms / surgery
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Neurosurgical Procedures
Registries
Retrospective Studies
Sex Factors
Tertiary Care Centers / statistics & numerical data*
Uganda / epidemiology
United States / epidemiology
Young Adult