Cranial chordomas in children and adolescents

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 584-591

  Borba, Luis A B ^a   Al Mefty, Ossama ^a,b   Mrak, Robert E ^a   Suen, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

brain tumor; children; chordoma; skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHORDOMA; CLIVUS; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKULL BASE TUMOR;

EID: 0029862998     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.4.0584     Document Type: Article

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