Spinal cord compression secondary to extra medullary hematopoiesis

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1073-

  Michel, Laure ^a,b   Auffray Calvier, Elisabeth ^a   Raoul, Sylvie ^a   Derkinderen, Pascal ^a,b  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Extramedullary hematopoiesis; MRI; Spinal cord; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; THALASSEMIA;

ADULT; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 54049133180     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.08.001     Document Type: Letter

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