Spinal en plaque meningiomas: A contemporary experience

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1275-1279

  Caroli, Emanuela ^a,b   Acqui, Michele ^a   Roperto, Raffaelino ^a   Ferrante, Luigi ^a   D'Andrea, Giancarlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arachnoiditis; En plaque meningioma; Recurrence; Spinal meningioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARACHNOIDITIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SPINAL ARACHNOID; SPINE TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 10044252262     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000143611.28034.B2     Document Type: Review

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