Intramedullary spinal cord germinoma-2 case reports

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-183

  Aoyama, Takeshi ^a   Hida, Kazutoshi ^a   Ishii, Nobuaki ^a   Seki, Toshitaka ^a   Ikeda, Jun ^a   Iwasaki, Yoshinobu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Germinoma; Intramedullary; Radiotherapy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IFOSFAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORDOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRAMEDULLARY SPINAL CORD GERMINOMA; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PARESIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD CANCER; SYMPTOM; URINE RETENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARAPARESIS; RADIOTHERAPY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33846319737     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.05.062     Document Type: Article

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