Primary spinal melanoma: Case report

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-182

  Francois P ^a   Lioret, E ^a   Jan, M ^a  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

Author keywords

Immuno histochemistry; Magnetic resonance imaging; Melanoma; Spinal cord tumour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINE TUMOR; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; URINARY DYSFUNCTION;

HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0031925107     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699845384     Document Type: Article

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