Long-Term surgical outcomes for myxopapillary ependymomas of the Cauda equina

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Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Nakamura, Masaya ^a   Ishii, Ken ^a   Watanabe, Kota ^a   Tsuji, Takashi ^a   Matsumoto, Morio ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cauda equine; Myxopapillary ependymoma; Radiation; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CAUDA EQUINA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUDA EQUINA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349808195     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b34d16     Document Type: Article

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