The growth of acoustic neuromas in volumetric radiologic assessment

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 244-248

  Niemczyk, Kazimierz ^a,b   Vaneecloo, Francois Michel ^c   Lemaitre, Laurent ^c   Lejeune, Jean Paul ^c   Skarzynski, Henryk ^a,b   Dubrulle, Frederique ^c   Vincent, Christophe ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF HEARING   (Poland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Magnetic resonance imaging Tumor growth

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OBSERVATION;

EID: 0032828020     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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