Intramedullary spinal cord tumors in children under the age of 3 years

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1036-1043

  Constantini, Shlomo ^a   Houten, John ^b   Miller, Douglas C ^b   Freed, Diana ^b   Ozek, Memet M ^b   Rorke, Lucy B ^b   Allen, Jeffrey C ^b   Epstein, Fred J ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

astrocytoma; central nervous system neoplasm; congenital tumor; magnetic resonance imaging; spinal cord neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL TUMOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0029908049     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.6.1036     Document Type: Article

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