Metastatic disease of the cervical spine: A review

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 359, Issue , 1999, Pages 89-103

  Jenis, Louis G ^a,d   Dunn, Edward J ^b   An, Howard S ^c  

^a Spine Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d New England Baptist Bone Jt I   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE METASTASIS; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032987362     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199902000-00010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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