Successful conservative management of Gorham disease of the skull base and cervical spine

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 622-625

  Mawk, John R ^a   Obukhov, Sergei K ^a   Nichols, William D ^a   Wynne, Thomas D ^a   Odell, J Michael ^a   Urman, Steven M ^a  

^a LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gorham's disease; Osteolysis; Radiotherapy; Skull base tumors; Spinal instability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HALO VEST APPARATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NECK PAIN; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SPINE STABILIZATION; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; OSTEOLYSIS, ESSENTIAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SKULL BASE;

EID: 0031442652     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050155     Document Type: Article

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