Hydroxyurea for treatment of unresectable and recurrent meningiomas. II. Decrease in the size of meningiomas in patients treated with hydroxyurea

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 840-844

  Schrell, Uwe M H ^a,b   Rittig, Michael G ^a   Anders, Marc ^a   Koch, Uwe H ^a   Marschalek, Rolf ^a   Kiesewetter, Franklin ^a   Fahlbusch, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

adjunct therapy; apoptosis; chemotherapy; growth inhibition; hydroxyurea; meningioma; nonglial brain tumor

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT MENINGIOMA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0031002235     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.86.5.0840     Document Type: Article

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