Late dissemination of ependymoma: Case report

Neurocirugia

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 333-336

  Bademci, Gulsah ^a,d   Tun, K ^b   Erden, E ^c   Evliyaoglu, C ^a   Unlu, A ^c  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dissemination; Ependymoma; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DISTAL PARESTHESIA; EPENDYMOMA; EXCISION; FEVER; HUMAN; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 34548827726     PISSN: 11301473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1473(07)70279-8     Document Type: Article

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