Clinical experience with Leksell gamma knife in the treatment of trigeminal schwannomas

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 436-440

  Wang, En Min ^a   Pan, Li ^a   Zhang, Nan ^a   Zhou, Liang Fu ^a   Wang, Bing Jiang ^a   Dong, Ya Fei ^a   Dai, Jia Zhong ^a   Cai, Pei Wu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Neurilemmoma; Radiosurgery; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACE DISORDER; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASTICATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURALGIA; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 15044362479     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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