Malignant astrocytoma of the conus medullaris treated by spinal cordectomy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 211-216

  Kyoshima, Kazuhiko ^a   Ito, Kiyoshi ^b   Tanabe, Akihiko ^a   Iwashita, Tomomi ^a   Goto, Tetsuya ^a   Sato, Atsushi ^a   Nakayama, Jun ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conus medullaris; Intramedullary spinal cord tumor; Malignant astrocytoma; Spinal cordectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0036241991     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.2001.0929     Document Type: Article

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