LINAC-Radiosurgery (LINAC-RS) in Pituitary Adenomas: Preliminary Results

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplement

Volumn 1996, Issue 65, 1996, Pages 41-43

  Voges, J ^a,c   Sturm, V ^a   Deuss U ^a   Traud, C ^a   Treuer, H ^a   Schlegel, W ^b   Winkelmann, W ^a   Muller R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Linear accelerator; Nonfunctioning adenoma; Pituitary adenoma; Radiosurgery; Stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC ENDOCRINE SYNDROMES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029686678     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-9450-8_13     Document Type: Article

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