γ-knife therapy in acoustic neuroma

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-204

  Walch, C ^a   Anderhuber, W ^a   Unger, F ^a   Papaefthymiou, G ^a   Fock, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Gamma knife; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VERTIGO;

EID: 0032766780     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645709909153159     Document Type: Article

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