Is clinical growth index a reliable predictor of tumour growth in vestibular schwannomas?

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-90

  Mohyuddin, A ^a   Vokurka, E A ^b   Evans, D G R ^a   Ramsden, R T ^c   Jackson, Alan ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Tumour growth; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASTIC PROCESSES; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0037398234     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2003.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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