Brachytherapy of vestibular schwannomas: Report of three cases

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 382-385

  Viola, Árpád ^a,b,d   Major, T ^c   Mangel, L ^c   Nemeth, G ^c   Julow, J ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Image fusion; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMAGE FUSION; IMAGING; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEURILEMOMA; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13844264260     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-830125     Document Type: Article

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