Clinicopathological study of spinal teratomas: A series of 10 cases

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-100

  Sharma, M C ^a   Aggarwal, M ^a   Ralte, A M ^a   Vaishya, V ^a   Suri, A ^a   Gupta, V ^a   Sarkar, C ^a   Papo, I ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b All India Inst of Medical Sciences ^*

Author keywords

Spinal neoplasms; Teratoma, diagnosis; Teratoma, pathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLADDER DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; SACROCOCCYX TERATOMA; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TERATOMA;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA;

EID: 0344664508     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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