Gamma knife radiosurgery for pituitary tumours

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 461-469

  Jackson, Ivor M D ^a   Noren, Georg ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma knife therapy; Pituitary tumour; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

CAVERNOUS SINUS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OPTIC CHIASM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSURGERY; REMISSION; REVIEW; RISK; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0033510178     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/beem.1999.0033     Document Type: Article

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