Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 109, Issue 10 , Pages 905-909 , December 2007

Demyelinating plaque imitates an intramedullary tumour

  • Panagiotis Selviaridis

      Affiliations

    • Neurosurgical Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • Basilios Zountsas

      Affiliations

    • Neurosurgical Department, St. Lukes Hospital, Panorama, Thessaloniki, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Athanasios Chatzisotiriou

      Affiliations

    • Neurosurgical Department, St. Lukes Hospital, Panorama, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • Thomas Zaraboukas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • Adnan Gerdemeli

      Affiliations

    • Neurological Department, Komotini Hospital, Komotini, Greece

Received 5 June 2007 ,Revised 22 July 2007 ,Accepted 26 July 2007.

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PII: S0303-8467(07)00204-1

doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.07.028

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 109, Issue 10 , Pages 905-909 , December 2007

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