The treatment for asymptomatic meningiomas in the era of radiosurgery

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 891-897

  Iwai, Yoshiyasu ^a   Yamanaka, Kazuhiro ^a   Morikawa, Toshie ^a   Ishiguro, Tomoya ^a   Honda, Yuji ^a   Matsusaka, Yasuhiro ^a   Komiyama, Masaki ^a   Yasui, Toshihiro ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Gamma knife; Meningioma; Operation; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042513703     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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