Paraganglioma of the thoracic spinal cord

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-185

  Fitzgerald, Lynn F ^a,b   Cech, David A ^a,b   Goodman, J Clay ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemodectoma; Paraganglioma; Spinal tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; MALE; PARAGANGLIOMA; PATHOLOGY; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 0030152904     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-8467(96)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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