Gamma-Knife Radiosurgery for brain metastases of renal cell carcinoma: Results in 23 patients

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 549-555

  Schoggl A ^a   Kitz, K ^a   Ertl, A ^a   Dieckmann, K ^b   Saringer, W ^a   Koos, W T ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gamma Knife; Metastasis; Renal cell carcinoma; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME; VERTIGO;

EID: 0031903633     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050139     Document Type: Article

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