Comparison of growth patterns of acoustic neuromas with and without radiosurgery

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 705-712

  Battaglia, Alex ^a,b   Mastrodimos, Bill ^a   Cueva, Roberto ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b Otology/Neurotology   (United States)

Author keywords

12 Gy; 13 Gy; Acoustic neuroma; Conservative management; Conservative treatment; Gamma knife; Radiosurgery; Vestibular Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746789078     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000226302.59198.87     Document Type: Review

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