Complications of the gamma knife

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 414-416

  Wiet, Richard J ^a   Micco, Alan G ^a   Bauer, George P ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Graduate Medical Education ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COBALT THERAPY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; PONS ANGLE; RADIATION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; STROKE;

EID: 0029932628     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1996.01890160054010     Document Type: Article

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