Long-term outcome of patients with intraspinal neuroblastoma

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 353-359

  Hoover, Margo ^a,c   Bowman, Laura C ^b   Crawford, Susan E ^a   Stack, Cynthia ^a   Donaldson, James S ^a   Grayhack, John J ^a   Tomita, Tadanori ^a   Cohn, Susan L ^a,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cord compression; Laminectomy; Neuroblastoma; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEWBORN; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE TUMOR; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033004953     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199905)32:5<353::AID-MPO8>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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