Surgical treatment of spinal ependymoma and post-operative radiotherapy

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 309-313

  Lee, T T ^a   Gromelski, E B ^a   Green, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiotherapy; Spinal ependymoma; Surgical excision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031803427     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050103     Document Type: Article

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