CyberKnife radiosurgery for extremity schwannomas: Technical note and case report

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 60-63

  Lim, Michael ^a   Adler, John R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurofibroma; Peripheral nerve sheath tumors; Schwannomas; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; LIMB SCHWANNOMA; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; NEURILEMMOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 33746653027     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094033     Document Type: Article

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