Spinal cord gliomas: Management and outcome with reference to adjuvant therapy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-23

  Nishio, Shunji ^a   Morioka, Takato ^a   Fujii, Kiyotaka ^b   Inamura, Takanori ^c   Fukui, Masashi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Chemotherapy; Ependymoma; Glioblastoma; Spinal cord tumour; Surgery

Indexed keywords

NIMUSTINE; RANIMUSTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0033915651     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.1999.0128     Document Type: Article

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