Primary intraparenchymatous spinal cord melanoma

Spinal Cord

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 363-365

  Vaquero, Jesús ^a   De Prado, Félix ^a   Pedrosa, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Primary spinal cord melanoma; Spinal cord; Spinal tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

EID: 0031953851     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100492     Document Type: Article

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