Cervicomedullary astrocytoma simulating a neuromuscular disorder

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 78-80

  Felice, Kevin J ^a   Dimario, Francis J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Div Pediat Neurol Connecticut C   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032936530     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(98)00120-9     Document Type: Article

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