Significance of bone marrow examination in the diagnostic process of paraspinal mass in children: A case report

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 822-823

  Buyukavci, Mustafa ^a   Karacan, Mehmet ^b   Olgun, Hasim ^b   Tan, Huseyin ^b  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Children; Spinal mass

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; BACKACHE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE;

EID: 0141958073     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200310000-00018     Document Type: Article

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