Skull base chordomas

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 124-139

  Borba, Luis A B ^a   Colli, Benedicto O ^b   Al Mefty, Ossama ^c  

^a Evangelical Medical School   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordomas; Radiation therapy; Skull base surgery; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

BEAM THERAPY; CHORDOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0034999349     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013414-200106000-00005     Document Type: Review

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