Teratoma in human tail lipoma

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 158-161

  Park, Se Hyuck ^a   Jee, Soon Huh ^b   Ki, Hong Cho ^b   Yong, Sam Shin ^b   Se, Hyck Kim ^b   Young, Hwan Ahn ^b   Kyung, Gi Cho ^b   Soo, Han Yoon ^b  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lipoma; Sacrococcygeal teratoma; Spinal dysraphism; Tail

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCYGEAL BONE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIPOMA; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SPINA BIFIDA; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; TAIL; TERATOMA;

COCCYX; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METAPLASIA; SACRUM; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; TERATOMA;

EID: 21344468578     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085876     Document Type: Article

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