Radiotherapy in the treatment of symptomatic vertebral hemangiomas: Technical case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1054-1058

  Bremnes, Roy M ^a   Hauge, Hans N ^a   Sagsveen, Ragnhild ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hemangioma; Intraspinal; Paraparesis; Radiotherapy; Vertebral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029805745     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199611000-00039     Document Type: Article

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