Principles and practice of gamma knife radiosurgery: A review

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 393-400

  Rahimi Movaghar, V ^a   Flickinger, J C ^b  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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

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EID: 33750541469     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v83i7.9452     Document Type: Review

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