Concurrent chemoradiotherapy for primary cervical spinal cord germinoma

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-118

  Yang, Ka Yen ^a   Li, Shau Hsuan ^a   Lin, Jui Wei ^a   Su, Thung Ming ^a   Ho, Jih Tsun ^a   Chen, Wu Fu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Germinoma; Intramedullary tumor; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORDOTOMY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DURAPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; LIMB WEAKNESS; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 56949104215     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.11.019     Document Type: Article

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