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Invasive dumbbell spinal meningiomas: report of four cases and a review of the literature

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan

    Akio Iwanami, Yoshiomi Kobayashi, Morito Takano, Yoshiaki Toyama & Masaya Nakamura

  2. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinanomachi 35, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan

    Shuji Mikami

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Iwanami, A., Kobayashi, Y., Takano, M. et al. Invasive dumbbell spinal meningiomas: report of four cases and a review of the literature. J Orthop Sci 20, 1148–1154 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-014-0638-8

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