Spinal dumbbell tumors: An analysis of a series of 118 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 587-593

  Ozawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kokubun, Shoichi ^a   Aizawa, Toshimi ^a   Hoshikawa, Takeshi ^a   Kawahara, Chikashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dumbbell tumor; Incidence; Spinal cord tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACETECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NEURILEMOMA; SPINAL CORD CANCER; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 37349131236     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI-07/12/587     Document Type: Article

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