Lumbosacral radiculopathy secondary to L5 metastatic melanoma of unknown primary

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-309

  Ku, Aubrey ^a,c   Henry, Allison ^a   Tunkel, Richard ^b   Lachmann, Elisabeth ^a   Nagler, Willibald ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MELANOMA; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE TUMOR;

EID: 0029940846     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90118-5     Document Type: Article

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