Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 168-174 , September 2006

Cystic Intramedullary Neoplasms of the Spinal Cord

  • Ross R. Moquin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Ross R. Moquin, MD, State University of New York, Department of Neurological Surgery, 1508 Thurber Street, Herndon, VA 20170.
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  • Faheem A. Sandhu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
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  • Fraser C. Henderson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2006.06.010

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 168-174 , September 2006

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