Intramedullary spinal cord tumors in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 641-649

  Jallo, George I ^a,b   Freed, Diana ^a,b   Epstein, Fred ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Intramedullary; Spinal cord; Spine; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORDOTOMY; EPENDYMOMA; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GLIOMA; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIPOMA; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DATABASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141727353     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0820-3     Document Type: Review

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