Meningioma followed up for radiological findings before and after radiosurgery: Case report

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-46

  Kuroiwa, Toshihiko ^a   Hirai, T ^b   Ohta, Tomio ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Heisei Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Meningioma; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MENINGIOMA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032959323     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1053368     Document Type: Article

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