Intraosseous benign notochordal cell tumor

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 283-288

  Hoda Zeinab, M Amer ^a   Hameed, Meera ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORDOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

CHORDOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NOTOCHORD; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 76449096119     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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