Stereotactic radiosurgery of skull base meningiomas

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 87-90

  Pendl, G ^a,b   Schrottner O ^a   Eustacchio, S ^a   Feichtinger, K ^a   Ganz, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Neurochirurgie Innsbruck   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Meningiomas; Skull base meningioma; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030770809     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1053423     Document Type: Article

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