Clinical outcome in metastatic spinal cord compression. A prospective study of 153 patients

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 269-275

  Helweg Larsen, S ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Metastases; Recovery from paralysis; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; RADICULAR PAIN; SOLID TUMOR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE CATHETER;

EID: 0029804884     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1996.tb07064.x     Document Type: Article

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