Primary intramedullary spinal cord germinoma: Case report

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-73

  Chute, Dennis J ^a   Burton, Eric C ^b   Klement, Ivan A ^a   Frazee, John G ^a   Vinters, Harry V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Germinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Intramedullary tumor; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PARAPLEGIA; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038206469     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023789806797     Document Type: Article

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