Hearing loss in acoustic neuromas following stereotactic radiotherapy

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-32

  Kaplan, Daniel M ^a   Hehar, Sukhminderjit S ^a   Tator, Charles ^b   Guha, Ab ^b   Laperriere, Normand ^a   Bance, Manohar ^a   Rutka, John A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Gamma Knife; Hearing loss; Radiation; Radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0038125945     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2003.35371     Document Type: Article

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