Spine surgery for cancer

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 178-181

  Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS;

EID: 0029997110     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001622-199605000-00002     Document Type: Review

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