Gamma knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia: Results and expectations

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1524-1529

  Kondziolka, Douglas ^a   Perez, Bernardo ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a   Habeck, Michael ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 0031701769     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.12.1524     Document Type: Article

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