Intramedullary spinal cord metastases: Clinical features and treatment outcome

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 906-912

  Schiff, David ^a   O'Neill, B P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0029845560     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.4.906     Document Type: Article

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