The role of conservative management of vestibular schwannomas

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-39

  Walsh, R M ^a   Bath, A P ^a   Bance, M L ^a   Keller, A ^a   Tator, C H ^a   Rutka, J A ^a,b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustice neuroma; Cerebellopontine angle; Magnetic resonance imaging; Non surgical management; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEAFNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0034016175     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2000.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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