The natural history of untreated skull base meningiomas

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-92

  Bindal, Rajesh ^b   Goodman, Julius M ^a   Kawasaki, Aki ^b   Purvin, Valerie ^b   Kuzma, Benjamin ^b  

^a Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Cavernous sinus; Meningioma; Natural history; Nonoperative treatment; Petroclival; Radiation; Radiosurgery; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MENINGIOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037296794     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(02)00995-3     Document Type: Article

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