Stereotactic radiosurgery for meningiomas

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 317-325

  Kondziolka, D ^a   Niranjan, A ^a   Lunsford, L D ^a   Flickinger, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SAFETY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

EID: 0032947388     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1042-3680(18)30197-9     Document Type: Review

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