Pediatric spinal cord tumors and masses

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Wilson, Pamela E ^a   Oleszek, Joyce L ^a   Clayton, Gerald H ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Developmental; Extradural; Extramedullary; Myelopathy; Neoplastic; Outcome; Spinal cord tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPENDYMOMA; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548240650     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2007.11753963     Document Type: Article

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