Skull base meningiomas: Is there a place for microsurgery?

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-3

  Stippler, M ^a   Kondziolka, D ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR GROWTH; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29244489508     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-005-0667-3     Document Type: Review

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