Familial chordoma: A report of two cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 634-636

  Bhadra, Arup K ^a   Casey, A T H ^b  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; CHROMOSOME 7P; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACRUM; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHORDOMA; FAMILY HEALTH; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SACRUM;

EID: 33646822503     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B5.17299     Document Type: Review

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