Granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma) causing spinal cord compression
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Spinal granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma) presenting as acute cord compression in a nonleukemic patient.
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuroradiology
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0028-3940,1432-1920
DOI: 10.1007/bf00588708