Spinal cord astrocytomas: Presentation, management, and outcome

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-36

  Roonprapunt, Chan ^a   Houten, John K ^b  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ASTROCYTOMA; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORDOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAMINECTOMY; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY FILM;

ASTROCYTOMA; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31544455508     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2005.10.006     Document Type: Review

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