Melanocytic schwannomas: Report of three cases

Neurochirurgie

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4 I, 2005, Pages 183-189

  Peltier, J ^a   Page, C ^a   Toussaint, P ^a   Bruniau, A ^a   Desenclos, C ^a   Le Gars, D ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Magnetic resonance imaging; Melanocytic schwannoma; Nerve sheath tumors; Schwann cell; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOCYTIC SCHWANNOMA; MELANOCYTOSIS; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 25844518568     PISSN: 00283770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3770(05)83475-7     Document Type: Article

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