Stereotactic multiple arc radiotherapy. II - Cranial neuroma

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 577-584

  Chakrabarti, K B ^a   Doughty, D ^a   Plowman, P N ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cranial neuroma; Linear accelerator; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; NEUROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; AUDIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; RADIATION DOSE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0030300170     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699646899     Document Type: Article

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