Primary intramedullary spinal cord germinoma: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1060-1061

  Miyauchi, Akira ^a   Matsumoto, Katsumi ^a   Kohmura, Eiji ^a   Doi, Teruo ^a   Hashimoto, Kazuhiko ^a   Kawano, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conus medullaris; Germinoma; Radiation therapy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CORDOTOMY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029997006     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.6.1060     Document Type: Article

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