Conservative management of acoustic neuroma

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Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-99

  Al Sanosi, Abdulrahman ^a   Fagan, Paul A ^b,c   Biggs, Nigel D W ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Cerebellopontine angle; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nonsurgical management

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER SURGERY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 34248642557     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-934112     Document Type: Article

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