Intramedullary spinal cord astrocytoma in adults: Postoperative outcome

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-94

  Soo, Kim M ^a   Kee, Chung C ^a   Choe, G ^a   Han, Kim I ^b   Jib, Kim H ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Radiation; Spinal cord; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034974017     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010680924975     Document Type: Article

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