Interstitial irradiation for craniopharyngioma

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 389-395

  Barlas, Orhan ^a,c   Bayindir, C ^a   Can, M ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Valikonaǧi Cad 75/2 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Brain tumour; Craniopharyngioma; Interstitial irradiation

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; IODINE 125; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIUM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOLID TUMOR; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0034032383     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050447     Document Type: Article

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