Spinal lipoma controversy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 186-193

  Chapman, Paul ^a   Stieg, Philip E ^b,c   Magge, Subu ^b   Barnes, Patrick ^b   Feany, Mel ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIPOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SACRUM; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0032906043     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199901000-00113     Document Type: Article

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