Linear accelerator radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 657-661

  Friedman, William A ^a   Bradshaw, Patrick ^a   Myers, Adam ^a   Bova, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear accelerator; Radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROPATHY; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; TUMOR GROWTH; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750682329     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.5.657     Document Type: Article

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