Surgical outcomes of spinal cord astrocytomas

Spinal Cord

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 740-745

  Nakamura, M ^a   Chiba, K ^a   Ishii, K ^a   Ogawa, Y ^a   Takaishi, H ^a   Matsumoto, M ^a   Toyama, Y ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocytomas; Prognosis; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845596448     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101932     Document Type: Article

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