Enlargement of a vestibular schwannoma after stereotactic radiotherapy

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1319-1322

  Couldwell, William T ^a,b   Mohan, A L ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; RISK; SAFETY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TINNITUS;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0036460066     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-002-1006-6     Document Type: Article

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