Solitary plasmacytoma of the spine associated with neurological complications

Spinal Cord

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 470-475

  Baba, Hisatoshi ^a   Maezawa, Yasuhisa ^a   Furusawa, Nobuaki ^a   Wada, Makoto ^a   Kokubo, Yasuo ^a   Imura, Shinichi ^a   Imamura, Yoshiaki ^a   Yamada, Yoshio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b Tsuruga City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Melphalan; Multiple myeloma; Neurological complications; Solitary plasmacytoma; Spine

Indexed keywords

MELPHALAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PLASMACYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 0031856256     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100572     Document Type: Article

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