Clinical experience with vestibular schwannomas: Epidemiology, symptomatology, diagnosis, and surgical results

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-6

  Tos, M ^a   Charabi, S ^a   Thomsen, J ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Surgical results; Vestibular schwannoma; Wait and scan

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR VOLUME;

CRANIOTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0031909034     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004050050012     Document Type: Article

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