The clinical features and surgical outcomes of pediatric patients with primary spinal cord tumor

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 897-904

  Choi, Gwi Hyun ^a   Oh, Jae Keun ^b   Kim, Tae Yup ^c   You, Nam Kyu ^c   Lee, Hyo Sang ^c   Yoon, Do Heum ^c   Ha, Yoon ^c   Yi, Seong ^c   Kim, Dong Seok ^c   Choi, Joong Uhn ^d   Kim, Keung Nyun ^c  

^a Department of Spinal Neurosurgery   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d Bundang CHA Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Pediatric; Primary spinal cord tumor; Prognostic factors; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMB PAIN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; PARAPLEGIA; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863716998     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-012-1718-8     Document Type: Article

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