title: [Epidemiology of cerebral gliomas].
abstract: In the present review the results of the main epidemiologic studies on cerebral gliomas are reported. Various characteristics of patients, i.e. endogenous factors including age, sex, familiarity and constitutional factors, and exogenous factors including perinatal and infectious diseases, trauma and geographic and environmental findings, are considered in turn.
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000367:Age Factors; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D001824:Body Constitution; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D002831:Choroid Plexus; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D005910:Glioma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009837:Oligodendroglioma / Q000453:epidemiology; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
vernacular_title: Epidemiologia dei gliomi cerebrali.