Microsurgical treatment of intramedullary spinal cord tumors

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 266-273

  Hejazi, Nedal ^a   Hassler, Werner ^a  

^a Klinikum Kalkweg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intramedullary tumor; Microsurgical treatment; Outcome; Spinal cord neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER SURGERY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; SPINAL CORD CANCER; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINAL CORD SURGERY;

EID: 0031836913     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.38.266     Document Type: Article

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