Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 111, Issue 10 , Pages 858-861 , December 2009

Fractionated radiosurgical management of intramedullary spinal cord metastasis: A case report and review of the literature

  • Simul Parikh
    • ,
  • Dwight E. Heron

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Radiation Oncology, UPMC Cancer Pavilion, 5150 Centre Avenue, #545, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, United States. Tel.: +1 412 623 6723; fax: +1 412 647 1161.

Received 29 January 2009 ,Revised 21 May 2009 ,Accepted 23 June 2009.

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PII: S0303-8467(09)00150-4

doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.06.008

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 111, Issue 10 , Pages 858-861 , December 2009

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