Benign intradural extramedullary masses in children of Northern India

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-28

  Kumar, Raj ^a   Singh, Vinita ^b  

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

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cystic lesions; Intradural extramedullary tumors; Spinal neurofibroma

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYST; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRANULOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19944386270     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084861     Document Type: Article

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