Is surgery useful in very old patients with intracranial meningioma?

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9099, 1998, Pages 337-338

  Pompili, Alfredo ^a   Callovini, Giorgio ^b   Delfini, Roberto ^b   Domenicucci, Maurizio ^b   Occhipinti, Emanuele ^b  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032583927     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)24005-0     Document Type: Article

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