Audiological assessment before and after fractionated stereotactic irradiation for vestibular schwannoma

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-190

  Sakamoto, Touru ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Sato, Nobukiyo ^a   Kagei, Kenji ^a   Sawamura, Yutaka ^a   Suzuki, Keishiro ^b   Takizawa, Hiroyuki ^b   Hokunan, Kazuhiko ^c   Isu, Toyohiko ^c   Fukuda, Satoshi ^a   Inuyama, Yukio ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Obihiro Kohsei Hospital   (Japan)

^c Obihiro Kohsei Hospital ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Stereotactic boost; Stereotactic irradiation; Stereotactic radiotherapy; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

AUDIOMETRY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032432555     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(98)00090-5     Document Type: Article

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