A novel rodent model of spinal metastasis and spinal cord compression

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Spinal cord metastatic lesions affect a high number of cancer patients usually resulting in spinal cord compression syndrome. A major obstacle in the research of spinal metastatic disease is the lack of a simple reproducible animal m...

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Main Authors: Zibly Zion, Schlaff Cody D, Gordon Ira, Munasinghe Jeeva, Camphausen Kevin A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-11-01
Series:BMC Neuroscience
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Rat
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/13/137