Non-Hodgkin lymphoma presenting with tetraparesis in a 3-year-old child

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 348-350

  Kombogiorgas, Dimitris ^a   Hobin, David ^a   Sgouros, Spyros ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Non Hodgkin lymphoma; Spinal cord compression; Spinal tumour

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DURA MATER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE INSTABILITY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; PARESIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 34447310815     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103322     Document Type: Article

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