Epidural malignant lymphomas of the spine: Collected experiences with epidural malignant lymphomas of the spinal canal and their treatment

Spinal Cord

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 278-281

  Szekely G ^a   Miltenyi Z ^a   Mezey, G ^a,c   Simon, Z ^a   Gyarmati, J ^b   Gergely Jr , L ^a   Bognar L ^a   Illes A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b Borsod County Teaching Hospital   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Epidural; Malignant lymphomas; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATAXIA; BACK PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDURAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41849086655     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102124     Document Type: Article

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