Clinical management of intramedullary spinal ependymomas in adults

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-27

  Lee, Janet ^a   Parsa, Andrew T ^b   Ames, Christopher P ^d   McCormick, Paul C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETOPOSIDE; HEPARIN; STEROID;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPENDYMOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; EPENDYMOMA; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 31544465899     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2005.11.001     Document Type: Review

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