Surgical technique and outcomes in the treatment of spinal cord ependymomas: Part II: Myxopapillary ependymoma

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Kucia, Elisa J ^a   Maughan, Peter H ^a   Kakarla, Udaya K ^a   Bambakidis, Nicholas C ^a,b   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Filum terminale; Myxopapillary ependymomas; Spinal cord; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951770295     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3181fdf912     Document Type: Article

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