A comparison of growth rates of acoustic neuromas: Nonsurgical patients vs. subtotal resection

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 482-487

  Rosenberg, Seth I ^a   Silverstein, Herbert ^a   Gordon, Michael A ^a   Flanzer, John M ^a   Willcox, Thomas O ^a   Silverstein, Julie ^a  

^a Ear Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0027378517     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019459989310900316     Document Type: Article

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