Pediatric intramedullary spinal cord tumors: Critical review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-28

  Nadkarni, Trimurti D ^a   Rekate, Harold L ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Child children; Ependymoma; Intramedullary; Radiotherapy; Spinal cord tumor; Surge ry

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ASTROCYTOMA; AUTOMATION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPENDYMOMA; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032910887     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050321     Document Type: Review

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