1. Introduction: The contribution of pathology to radiosurgery

Progress in Neurological Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-15

  Szeifert, G ^a   Kondziolka, D ^b   Lunsford, L ^b   Nyary I ^a   Hanzely Z ^a   Salmon, I ^c   Levivier, M ^c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY;

HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATHOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 34447526526     PISSN: 00796492     EISSN: 16623924     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000100090     Document Type: Review

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