Malignant spinal cord compression

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-31

  Rajer, Mirjana ^a   Kovač, Vilijem ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Compression; Radiotherapy; Spinal cord; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; OPIATE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EDEMA; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MALIGNANT SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYNEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYMPTOM;

EID: 41949086662     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: 15813207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10019-007-0035-4     Document Type: Review

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