Spontaneous haemorrhage into metastatic brain tumours after stereotactic radiosurgery using a linear accelerator

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 908-912

  Suzuki, Hidenori ^a,b   Toyoda, S ^b   Muramatsu, M ^b   Shimizu, T ^b   Kojima, T ^b   Taki, W ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Mie Pref General Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037803732     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.7.908     Document Type: Article

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