Intramedullary mass lesion of the spinal cord in children of a developing milieu

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-22

  Kumar, Raj ^a   Singh, Vinita ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Intramedullary lesion; Intramedullary tumors; Spinal intradural tumors; Spinal tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD CLOTTING; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMOMA; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD CYST; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSURGERY; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1542617766     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076572     Document Type: Article

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