Gamma knife surgery for low-grade gliomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1132-1138

  Heppner, Peter A ^a   Sheehan, Jason P ^a,b   Steiner, Ladislau E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Gamma knife; Low grade glioma; Pilocytic; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RADIOSURGERY; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 29244470520     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000186011.79029.3B     Document Type: Review

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