Desmoplastic cerebral astrocytoma of infancy: A rare type of brain tumor that occurs in infants. The tumor consists of cancerous astrocytes. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Desmoplastic cerebral astrocytoma of infancy is available below.
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Prognosis for Desmoplastic cerebral astrocytoma of infancy: complete surgical removal usually gives a good prognosis
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Desmoplastic cerebral astrocytoma of infancy is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Desmoplastic cerebral astrocytoma of infancy, or a subtype of Desmoplastic cerebral astrocytoma of infancy,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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