Small acoustic neuromas: Monitoring the growth rate by MRI

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1063-1067

  Modugno, Giovanni Carlo ^a   Pirodda, A ^a   Ferri, G G ^a   Fioravanti, A ^b   Calbucci, F ^b   Pezzi, A ^a   Ceroni, A R ^a   Pirodda, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Growth rate; MRI; Predictive factors

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DIVISION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032698452     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050483     Document Type: Article

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