Spinal Tumors in Children

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 631-658

  Binning, Mandy ^a   Klimo Jr , Paul ^b   Gluf, Wayne ^c   Goumnerova, Liliana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALICYLIC ACID;

ANEURYSMAL BONE CYST; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPENDYMOMA; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; EWING SARCOMA; GANGLIONEUROMA; GLIOMA; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LANGERHANS CELL; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MENINGIOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOBLASTOMA; OSTEOCHONDROMA; OSTEOID OSTEOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE METASTASIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CYSTS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; NEOPLASMS, BONE TISSUE; NEOPLASMS, NERVE TISSUE; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 35748943495     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2007.07.001     Document Type: Review

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