The effect of radiosurgery during management of aggressive meningiomas

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 298-305

  Harris, Anthony E ^a   Lee, John Y K ^a   Omalu, Bennett ^b   Flickinger, John C ^b   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Malignant meningioma; Meningioma; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT MENINGIOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0141849459     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00320-3     Document Type: Article

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