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Metronidazole as a radiation enhancer in the treatment of metastatic epidural spinal cord compression

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  1. Departments of Neurology, Radiation Therapy, Radiology and the Biostatistics Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cornell University Medical College, New York City, USA

    Eugenie AMT Obbens, Jae-Ho Kim, Howard Thaler, Michael DF Deck & Jerome B Posner

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Obbens, E.A., Kim, JH., Thaler, H. et al. Metronidazole as a radiation enhancer in the treatment of metastatic epidural spinal cord compression. J Neuro-Oncol 2, 99–104 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00177893

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