Multiple sclerosis and coexisting intradural extramedullary spinal cord tumour: A case report

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 119-122

  Etus, V ^a   Akansel, G ^a   Ilbay, K ^a   Koc K ^a   Ceylan, S ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coexistence, MRI; Differential diagnosis; Multiple sclerosis; Spinal cord tumor

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACIC SPINE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURILEMMOMA; PARESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0036756652     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720200037     Document Type: Article

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