Teratoma of the conus medullaris

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-252

  Bloch, I ^a   Varga, Z ^b   Benini, A ^a  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Microsurgery; Spinal cord tumour; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345682556     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(99)90515-5     Document Type: Article

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