Spinal intramedullary ependymal cyst: a case report
β Scribed by Hideaki Iwahashi; Shozo Kawai; Yasuharu Watabe; Shiro Chitoku; Nobuhisa Akita; Takeshi Fuji; Takenori Oda
- Book ID
- 117262776
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 517 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-3019
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